Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3)
                                                      Registration No. 333-70248


PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT DATED FEBRUARY 19, 2002

(To Prospectus filed on January 4, 2002)


                                PMC-SIERRA, INC.


                                   PROSPECTUS

                                  $275,000,000

                          (aggregate principal amount)

     3.75% Convertible Subordinated Redeemable Notes Due August 15, 2006 and
             the Common Stock Issuable Upon Conversion of the Notes

         This Prospectus Supplement together,  with the Prospectus listed above,
is to be used by certain holders of the above-referenced  securities or by their
transferees,  pledgees,  donees or their successors in connection with the offer
and sale of the above referenced securities.

         The table captioned "Selling Securityholders"  commencing on page 39 of
the Prospectus is hereby amended to reflect the following additions and changes.




                                              Principal Amount at                      Number of Shares
                                               Maturity of Notes      Percentage of     of Common Stock     Percentage of
                                              Beneficially Owned          Notes        That May Be Sold      Common Stock
                   Name                        That May Be Sold        Outstanding            (1)          Outstanding (2)
------------------------------------------- ------------------------ --------------- -------------------- -----------------
                                                                                                 

Cede & Co                                         $9,815,000              3.6              231,300               *

Clinton Multistrategy Master Fund,
 Ltd.                                             $5,500,000              2.0              129,613               *

Clinton Riverside Convertible
 Portfolio Limited                                $4,815,000              1.8              113,470               *

Pacific Life Insurance Company                    $1,000,000               *                23,566               *

TD Securities (USA) Inc.                          $1,000,000               *                23,566               *

*  Less than 1%



(1)      Assumes  conversion of all of the holder's notes at a conversion  price
         of  approximately  $42.43  per share of  common  stock.  However,  this
         conversion  price will be  subject to  adjustment  as  described  under
         "Description of  Notes-Conversion  Rights".  As a result, the amount of
         common  stock  issuable  upon  conversion  of the notes may increase or
         decrease in the future.

(2)      Calculated  based  on  Rule  13d-3(d)(i)  of  the  Exchange  Act  using
         165,640,334  shares of common stock outstanding as of December 3, 2001.
         In calculating  this amount,  we treated as  outstanding  the number of
         shares  of  common  stock  issuable  upon  conversion  of all  of  that
         particular holder's notes. However, we did not assume the conversion of
         any other holder's notes.