8-K

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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              Washington, DC 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
                       PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
                       THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

        Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): August 14, 2006

                        PERICOM SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

                                   California
                 (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

             0-27026                                77-0254621
     (Commission File Number)           (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

      3345 North First Street, San Jose, California           95134
        (Address of Principal Executive Offices)            (Zip Code)

                                 (408) 435-0800
              (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

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ITEM 5.02    DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR PRINCIPAL OFFICER; ELECTION OF
             DIRECTORS; APPOINTMENT OF PRINCIPAL OFFICERS

     On August 15, 2006, Pericom Semiconductor Corporation (the "Company")
issued a press release announcing that Dr. Simon Wong had been appointed by the
Company's Board of Directors to serve as a director of the Company, commencing
September 1, 2006.

     The press release issued on August 15, 2006 by the Company is attached
hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

ITEM 9.01    FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND EXHIBITS.

(d)      Exhibits.

The exhibit listed below is being furnished with this Form 8-K.

Exhibit
Number      Description
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99.1        Press release, dated as of August 15, 2006, announcing the
            appointment of Dr. Simon Wong to the Company's board of directors.



                                   SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                       PERICOM SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION


                                       By:    /s/ Alex Hui
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                                              Alex Hui President,
                                              Chief Executive Officer

                                       By:    /s/ Angela Chen
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                                              Angela Chen Vice President,
                                              Chief Financial Officer

Date:  August 15, 2006

EX-99.1

                                                                    Exhibit 99.1

      PERICOM SEMICONDUCTOR ELECTS DR. SIMON WONG TO ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS

     SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pericom Semiconductor
Corporation (Nasdaq: PSEM) today announced the election of Dr. Simon Wong to its
Board of Directors. He will begin serving on the board on September 1, 2006.

     Dr. Simon Wong is a Professor of Electrical Engineering at Stanford
University and is a Fellow of the IEEE. He is an expert in CMOS devices and
integrated components for RF operations. In 1998, he was a member of the team
that founded Atheros Communications (ATHR), a fables semiconductor company
focusing on WiFi products. Between 2001 and 2003, he was the CEO of the Hong
Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute. He currently serves on
the advisory boards of a few fabless semiconductor companies. He received his
PhD from the University of California, Berkeley.

     Alex Hui, President and CEO, said of Dr. Wong's appointment, "We are very
pleased to have Dr. Wong join our Board of Directors. His background and
experience in the semiconductor field should prove to be a vital resource to
help us formulate our future strategy in technology and product development."

     Pericom Semiconductor Corporation offers customers worldwide the industry's
most complete silicon and quartz-based solutions for the Computing,
Communications, and Industrial market segments. Our broad portfolio of
leading-edge analog, digital, and mixed-signal integrated circuits and SaRonix
frequency control products are essential in the timing, transferring, routing,
and translating of high-speed signals as required by today's ever-increasing
speed and bandwidth demanding applications. Company headquarters are in San
Jose, California, with design centers and sales offices located globally.
http://www.pericom.com

SOURCE  Pericom Semiconductor Corporation
     -0-                             08/15/2006
     /CONTACT:  Deborah Stapleton or Alexis Pascal, +1-650-470-4234, or fax,
+1-408-435-1100, both for Pericom Semiconductor Corporation/
     /Web site:  http://www.pericom.com /