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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.99



Date of Agreement:  March 27, 2006

PMC Sierra Corporation
Mission Tower One
3975 Freedom Circle, #300
Santa Clara, CA 95054

Re:    Development Agreement ("Agreement")

       The purpose of this Agreement is to set forth certain binding agreements
with respect to a development project wherein Peerless Systems Corporation
("Peerless") will assist PMC-Sierra Corporation ("PMC-Sierra") in developing
"Bluestone", a certain Application Specific Standard Product ("ASSP") device
(the "Development"). Terms used in this Agreement which are capitalized are
defined where first used or as set forth in Annex A this Agreement.

1.     The Development.

       1.1.   PMC-Sierra hereby retains Peerless for the Development, and
              Peerless hereby accepts retention for the Development, in
              accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

       1.2.   PMC-Sierra and Peerless will agree to the product specifications,
              statements of work, deliverables, schedules, acceptance criteria
              and other details of the Development in one or more addendums to
              this Agreement (each a "Project Addendum").

       1.3.   PMC-Sierra and Peerless will enter into one or more license
              agreements for software and hardware to be used in the Development
              and/or to be included in or with the ASSP upon commercial sale of
              the ASSP.

2.     Engineering Services for the Development

       2.1.   Peerless has applied (beginning in January 2006) and will continue
              to apply technical personnel to the Development, with the make-up
              of personnel being a mix of Hardware and Software Architects, ASIC
              Engineers, Software/Firmware Engineers, Hardware Engineers, and a
              Peerless Project Manager, as dictated by the needs of the
              Development at a particular time.



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       2.2.   Overall coordination of the Development shall be performed by a
              PMC-Sierra program manager. This program manager will be
              responsible for determining and providing staffing requirements
              for the Development to Peerless, and Peerless will use its best
              efforts to meet the staffing requirements. Peerless shall not be
              required to provide more than *** personnel at any time without
              Peerless' further consent. The PMC-Sierra program manager will
              provide a rolling six-week staffing forecast to allow Peerless
              time to plan for project staffing increases and reductions. If, at
              any time, in the judgment of the PMC-Sierra program manager that a
              Peerless employee or contractor is not performing to expected
              levels, the program manager will have the right to elevate the
              employee performance issue to a Peerless Vice President with the
              expectation of immediate corrective action to address the issue.

3.     Consideration for the Development

       3.1.   PMC-Sierra will pay Peerless *** per hour for each hour of time
              expended by Peerless personnel in connection with the Development,
              up to a maximum charge of 40 hours per week per employee or
              contractor.

       3.2.   Peerless will invoice PMC-Sierra on a monthly basis. Invoices must
              be paid not later than thirty (30) days after the date of the
              invoice. Peerless may suspend work if payments are not made when
              due.

       3.3.   All payments made by PMC-Sierra to Peerless for work performed on
              the Development, shall be non-refundable upon payment except as
              expressly provided herein.

4.     Licensing and Royalty Rates

       4.1.   No licenses are granted by Peerless to PMC-Sierra or by PMC-Sierra
              to Peerless in this Agreement. All licenses must be negotiated as
              addendums to this agreement.

       4.2.   The parties shall negotiate one or more separate license
              agreements whereby Peerless will grant PMC-Sierra a license to
              use, modify and reproduce Peerless Hardware Intellectual Property
              specified in Annex B and to combine the specified Peerless
              Hardware Intellectual Property with PMC-Sierra materials as
              necessary or appropriate to complete the Development and to
              manufacture, support and maintain the Bluestone ASSP product. The
              license agreements shall provide that the Bluestone ASSP product
              shall not be transferred, sold, offered for sale, or distributed
              without the inclusion and appropriate licensing of the Peerless
              PDS product. PMC-Sierra will pay Peerless a Recurring License Fee
              (royalty) on each Bluestone ASSP product sold that contains a
              Peerless proprietary hardware product and is inclusive of Peerless
              PDS ( the total of which shall be referred to as the "Bundled
              Product"). PMC-Sierra and Peerless will collaborate to create a
              single Bundled Product pricing schedule. PMC-Sierra will be
              responsible for selling the Bundled Product in the market. The
              purchase order, shipment and revenue flow will be through
              PMC-Sierra with PDS royalties paid back to Peerless on a monthly
              basis. *** The Recurring License



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              Fee of the Bundled Product shall be determined by Peerless in
              consultation with PMC-Sierra ***. There will be no license fees
              charged to PMC-Sierra for the use of Peerless Hardware
              Intellectual Property in the development, support, and maintenance
              of the Bluestone ASSP product.

       4.3.   In furtherance of Section 4.2, Peerless will make the following
              Peerless proprietary products available to PMC-Sierra for internal
              use in the Development and to manufacture, sell, support and
              maintain the Bluestone Product under a separate license agreement
              to be negotiated by the parties:

                     -      Build environments

                     -      Software tools

                     -      PeerlessPage imaging environment

                     -      PeerlessPrint7 (PCL-XL emulation) language
                            interpreter

                     -      Peerless' implementation of ***

                     -      Peerless connectivity solutions for networking

                     -      PeerlessPage Drawing Services

       4.4.   In furtherance of Section 4.2, PMC-Sierra will make PMC-Sierra
              proprietary products available to Peerless for internal use only
              in the Development under a separate agreement to be determined by
              the parties. These proprietary products will be specified as
              necessary during the Development. Peerless will have no right to
              sublicense PMC-Sierra Intellectual Property or proprietary
              products.

       4.5.   The parties shall also negotiate a royalty bearing agreement for
              PMC-Sierra to distribute to its customers the Peerless software
              designated in Section 9.

       4.6.   Peerless shall not charge PMC-Sierra any fee or royalty for using
              the Peerless Intellectual Property referred to in Section 4.3 for
              the development, support and maintenance of the Bluestone ASSP
              product.

       4.7.   PMC-Sierra will have no right to modify or create Derivative Works
              from Peerless Intellectual Property elements other than those
              elements identified in Annex B. Modifications may be made to Annex
              B by mutual consent of both parties.

       4.8.   In the event that PMC-Sierra utilizes Peerless Hardware
              Intellectual Property in future products then the parties agree
              that such future products will be marketed and sold by PMC-Sierra
              using the Bundled Product business model specified in section 4.2.
              Otherwise, the parties mutually agree to negotiate a royalty fee
              for the use of the Hardware Intellectual Property in those future
              products.

       4.9.   During the Term, PMC Sierra shall not directly or indirectly
              develop or commercialize a product with competing functionality to
              the functionality as Peerless Intellectual Property.

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       5.1.   Nothing in this Agreement transfers ownership of any pre-existing
              Intellectual Property from one party to the other.

              5.1.1. The intent of this clause is to preserve original ownership
                     rights to a body of Intellectual Property in the event that
                     modifications or improvements are made to such Intellectual
                     Property. It is also the intent of this clause to allow
                     PMC-Sierra the rights to create new products using Peerless
                     native Intellectual Property in such a way as to keep the
                     Peerless native Intellectual Property intact. With respect
                     to any Intellectual Property to which rights to make
                     improvements, modifications, or revisions have been
                     granted, any improvements, modifications, or revisions of
                     any pre-existing Intellectual Property, or any other form
                     in which such pre-existing may be recast, transformed, or
                     adapted, (each a "Derivative Work") shall be the sole
                     property of the owner of the pre-existing Intellectual
                     Property. If the party making the Derivative Work can by
                     law or otherwise retain any rights to such Derivative Work,
                     such party agrees to assign (and upon creation thereof
                     hereby automatically assigns), without further
                     consideration, all worldwide right, title and interest,
                     including without limitation all Intellectual Property
                     rights of any kind, in and to such Derivative Works to the
                     party that owns the underlying or pre-existing Intellectual
                     Property. However, should either party develop Intellectual
                     Property which can be reduced in practice to operate
                     without the use of the other party's existing Intellectual
                     Property, the developer of the new Intellectual Property
                     shall be the sole owner of such new Intellectual Property.

              5.1.2. Notwithstanding Section 5.1.1, in the event that PMC-Sierra
                     creates additions or modifications resulting in a
                     Derivative Work based upon Peerless pre-existing
                     Intellectual Property, Peerless shall grant to PMC-Sierra
                     an exclusive license, with no right to sublicense, to the
                     Derivative Work in conjunction with any license grant to
                     the pre-existing Intellectual Property. Peerless shall be
                     prohibited from using any Derivative Work or distributing
                     any Derivative Work to any other party for the purposes of
                     developing any new products or devices without the express
                     written permission of PMC-Sierra. Additionally, PMC-Sierra
                     will have the right to use any Derivative Work in
                     subsequent or future devices under the terms of the license
                     agreements to be negotiated as addendums to this agreement.

                     The grant of such a license shall in no way change the
                     ownership of the modification, or the preexisting
                     Intellectual Property underlying the modification, or any
                     Derivative Works thereof made prior to the grant of the
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       5.2.   Any Intellectual Property developed or created during the course
              of the Development, other than Derivative Works, ("New IP") will
              be owned in accordance with the as follows:

              5.2.1. New IP jointly developed by PMC-Sierra and Peerless will be
                     jointly and equally owned by PMC-Sierra and Peerless. Each
                     party will have the right to exploit such jointly owned New
                     IP without accounting or incurring any other obligations to
                     the other party. When a filing shall be made to register
                     such New IP, such as a patent or copyright, the filing
                     party shall inform the other party in advance and the other
                     party given the opportunity to share the expenses equally
                     and with its participation shall retain joint ownership of
                     the Intellectual Property rights. Otherwise, ownership
                     rights shall pass to the filing party and the other party
                     shall receive a perpetual, world wide, royalty free,
                     non-exclusive license to the New IP. If any infringement of
                     joint Intellectual Property is brought to the attention of
                     either party, such party shall notify the other party and
                     the parties will cooperate in good faith to address the
                     prosecution of the alleged infringer.

              5.2.2. New IP independently developed by either party without
                     reference to the other party's technical information will
                     be solely owned by the party who develops or acquires such
                     Intellectual Property rights.

       5.3.   Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, any Third Party Product will
              remain the property of such third party.

       5.4.   Peerless has the rights to sell all its existing Intellectual
              Property to anyone.

              5.4.1. Existing Intellectual Property of Peerless includes,
                     without limitation, SW, HW RTL code and vectors which
                     Peerless owns, including the Peerless Intellectual Property
                     components used inside the QP2040.

              5.4.2. Existing Intellectual Property does not include the QP2040
                     device and tooling, each of which PMC-Sierra owns.

       5.5.   Peerless has the rights to license or sell its rights to any
              PMC-Sierra funded Peerless-developed New IP to anyone after ***
              from the Date of this signed Agreement.

              5.5.1. Such New IP includes, without limitation, any SW or HW code
                     or vectors which Peerless develops as a result of
                     PMC-Sierra design services funding and which Peerless owns.

              5.5.2. Such New IP does not include the QP2040 device or tooling,
                     Bluestone device or tooling or other future PMC device or
                     tooling, each of which PMC-Sierra owns.

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       6.1.   The term of the Development will commence on January 1, 2006 and,
              unless terminated earlier as provided in this Section 6, continue
              through completion of the Development.

       6.2.   During the course of this Agreement, if both parties decide to
              proceed with a joint chip development effort in addition to the
              Bluestone device, the terms of this Agreement can be extended by
              mutual consent to cover the subsequent development effort.

       6.3.   The initial period of the Development, starting on January 2, 2006
              and ending by April 15, 2006 or later by mutual consent of both
              parties , shall be used by the parties to determine the
              feasibility of the Development (the "Feasibility Period"). If
              PMC-Sierra determines at any time during the Feasibility Period to
              terminate the Development, PMC-Sierra may do so without payment of
              any cancellation fees to Peerless. During the three month period
              after the end of the Feasibility Period, Peerless will staff to
              the agreed upon plan to work on the Development (the "Ramp Up
              Period"). If PMC-Sierra elects to terminate the Development during
              the Ramp Up Period, PMC-Sierra shall compensate Peerless in the
              amount of *** of the amount it would have paid Peerless for three
              months following cancellation of the Development. For example, if
              Peerless had six engineers applied to the project at the time of
              cancellation, PMC-Sierra would reimburse Peerless the cost for
              three engineers for the three months after the cancellation date.
              If PMC-Sierra cancels the Development after the Ramp Up Period,
              PMC-Sierra shall pay Peerless three months of compensation based
              upon the number of Peerless personnel then staffed on the
              Development (using the previous example, this would be payment for
              six engineers for three months.)

       6.4.   In the event that Peerless elects to cancel this Agreement for its
              convenience, PMC-Sierra will have the right, subject to the
              separate license agreement(s), to use the Intellectual Property
              provided by and developed by Peerless relating to the Development
              (any Third Party Products shall continued to be provided to the
              extent permitted in the applicable third party agreements).
              PMC-Sierra will have no obligation to pay Recurring License Fees
              or other applicable royalties on the Peerless hardware proprietary
              products or hardware Intellectual Property which ship in the
              Bluestone product (Recurring License Fees or other applicable
              royalties will continue with respect to any Third Party Products).
              PMC-Sierra will also have no obligation to pay Recurring License
              Fees for the PDS software as used in the Bundled Product. Any
              other Peerless proprietary products or Intellectual Property or
              Third Party Products not shipping in PMC-Sierra's Bluestone
              product will be returned to Peerless immediately upon
              cancellation. Peerless will also be obligated to pay PMC-Sierra a
              sum equal to the cancellation fee that would be due to Peerless if
              PMC-Sierra had decided to cancel this Agreement for its
              convenience at the same point in the Development.

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              If Peerless receives a written term sheet from a party or entity
              for the change of control of Peerless by merger or acquisition of
              the entire assets or outstanding voting securities of Peerless,
              Peerless will within three (3) business days after determining
              that such written term sheet is acceptable to Peerless inform
              PMC-Sierra of such event in writing. Peerless will have no
              obligation to disclose the identity of the party or entity making
              the offer to PMC-Sierra. PMC-Sierra acknowledges that such
              information will be confidential and material non-public
              information.

8.     Transferability.

       8.1    Each party agrees that in the event a party is acquired ***.

       8.2    In the event of breach by Peerless' acquirer under Section 8.1,
              PMC-Sierra will continue to have the right, subject to the
              separate license agreement(s), to use the Intellectual Property
              provided by and developed by Peerless relating to the Development
              (any Third Party Products shall continue to be provided to the
              extent permitted in the applicable third party agreements).
              Further, PMC-Sierra would be allowed to unbundle the Bluestone
              device from the PDS software as used in the Bundled Product.
              Finally, PMC-Sierra shall return all other Peerless proprietary
              products or Intellectual Property or Third Party Products not
              shipping in PMC-Sierra's QP2040 and Bluestone product to Peerless.

       8.3    In the event of breach by Peerless' acquirer under Section 8.1,
              PMC-Sierra will have no obligation to pay Recurring License Fees
              or other applicable royalties on the Peerless hardware proprietary
              products or hardware Intellectual Property which ship in the
              Bluestone product (Recurring License Fees or other applicable
              royalties will continue with respect to any Third Party Products).
              PMC-Sierra will also have no obligation to pay Recurring License
              Fees for the PDS software as used in the Bundled Product.


9.     Revenue Sharing

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10.    Prohibition Against Disclosure or Misuse of Confidential Information.

       Neither party nor any of its representatives or agents shall (i) disclose
       to any third party any confidential or proprietary information about the
       business activities or any of the transactions contemplated by this
       Agreement, except as required by applicable law or (ii) use any
       confidential or proprietary information of the other party obtained in
       connection with this Agreement or the Development for any purposes other
       than in connection with Development. The parties agree that any breach of
       the prohibition against the disclosure of confidential or proprietary
       information may cause irreparable injury and that any remedy at law for
       the breach may be inadequate. Therefore, the parties agree that in the
       event of any breach of this provision, the non-breaching party shall be
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       damages resulted from the breach. This injunctive relief is in addition
       to all other legal and equitable remedies to which a party may be
       entitled.

11.    Public Disclosures.

       The parties shall consult with each other and must agree as to the
       timing, content, and form before issuing any press release or other
       public disclosure related to this Agreement or any transaction
       contemplated by this Agreement. However, this does not prohibit either of
       them from making a public disclosure regarding this Agreement and the
       transactions contemplated by this Agreement if, in the opinion of its
       legal counsel, such a disclosure is required by law, subpoena or court
       order. The party making the disclosure pursuant to law, subpoena or court
       order shall take reasonable actions to protect the confidentiality of
       this information to the greatest extent possible, including without
       limitation seeking a protective order or an order of confidentiality.

12.    Expenses.

       The parties each shall be solely responsible for expenses that it incurs
       in connection with the negotiation of this Agreement.

13.    No Conflicting Agreement.

       Each party hereto represents and warrants that such party is not a party
       to any contract, agreement or understanding with any other party which
       would prevent such party from entering into this Agreement.

14.    Relationship of the Parties.

       The parties agree that they are independent contractors and that this
       Agreement does not establish or create and shall not be interpreted as
       establishing or creating a joint venture, partnership, franchise or other
       formal or informal business organization of any kind. No person or entity
       other than the parties to this Agreement shall have any rights hereunder.

15.    Disclaimer.

       EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH HEREIN, PMC SIERRA AND PEERLESS EACH
       DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE IMPLIED
       WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS OR USE FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE,
       TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. THE MATERIALS AND SERVICES PROVIDED BY EACH
       PARTY ARE PROVIDED "AS IS."

16.    Limitation of Liability.



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       IN NO EVENT SHALL EITHER PARTY BE LIABLE TO THE OTHER PARTY FOR INDIRECT,
       SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, LOSS
       OF PROFITS, OR INTERRUPTION OF BUSINESS, WHETHER SUCH ALLEGED DAMAGES ARE
       LABELED IN TORT, CONTRACT OR INDEMNITY, EVEN IF SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN
       ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. These limitations shall not
       apply to damages associated with violations of the provisions protecting
       confidential information or from unauthorized use of the other party's
       Intellectual Property rights or to any claims asserted by third parties
       which give rise to a right of contractual or equitable indemnification.

17.    Interpretation.

       This Agreement has been jointly negotiated by the parties and their
       respective counsel and will be interpreted fairly in accordance with its
       terms and without any strict construction in favor of or against either
       party

18.    Entire Agreement.

       This Agreement and any other written documents signed by both parties
       that make specific reference to amending this Agreement constitute the
       entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter
       of this Agreement, and supersede all prior discussions and agreements
       between the parties relating to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement
       may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be enforceable
       against the parties actually executing such counterparts, and all of
       which together shall constitute one instrument.

19.    Governing Law.

       This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the
       laws of the State of California, without giving effect to the conflicts
       of law principles thereof.

20.    Notices.

       All notices shall be in writing, sent in a manner that generates a
       reliable written receipt, and is addressed to the attention of the
       individual signatories of this Agreement on behalf of the parties. Notice
       will be deemed given: (i) upon delivery if personally delivered; (ii)
       when written receipt is signed if sent by certified or registered mail,
       postage prepaid, (iii) upon receipt of confirmation if sent by facsimile,
       or (iv) three business days after provided to a recognized overnight
       delivery or courier service, properly addressed in accordance with this
       Section. Notices will be sent to the persons and addresses set forth
       below, as they may be changed by the parties from time to time by written
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    All notices to PEERLESS shall be sent to:

        Peerless Systems Corporation               Tel:  (310)297-3275
        2381 Rosecrans Avenue                      FAX:  (310)536-0908
        El Segundo, CA  90245                      FAX:  (310)727-3623
        Attention: Cary Kimmel                            email:
        ckimmel@peerless.com

    All notices to PMC-Sierra shall be sent to:

        PMC-Sierra                                 Tel:
        Mission Towers One                         FAX:
        3975 Freedom Circle
        Santa Clara, CA 95054                      email:
        Attention: Steve Perna


Please sign and date this Agreement and return a copy to us to confirm our
mutual understandings and binding agreement. This Agreement shall not be binding
on either party if not signed and returned by you.

                                        Very truly yours,


                                        /s/  HOWARD J. NELLOR

                                        Howard J. Nellor, President and CEO
                                        Peerless Systems Corporation


       AGREED TO AND ACCEPTED:


PMC-Sierra, Inc.:

By:  /s/ ROBERT L. BAILEY

Name:  Robert L. Bailey

Title:  Chairman & CEO

Date: March 27, 2006




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                                     ANNEX A

                                  DEFINED TERMS



"ASSP" means Application Specific Standard Product.

"Derivative Work" means any improvements, modifications or revisions of any
pre-existing Intellectual Property, or any other form in which such pre-existing
Intellectual Property may be recast, transformed, or adapted.

"Feasibility Period" has the meaning set forth in Section 6.3.

"Intellectual Property" shall mean (i) all inventions (whether or not patentable
and whether or not reduced to practice), all improvements thereto, and all
patents, patent applications, and patent disclosures, together with all
reissuances, divisions, continuations, continuations-in-part, revisions,
renewals, extensions, and reexaminations thereof, (ii) all registered and
unregistered trademarks, service marks, trade dress, logos, trade names, and
corporate names, together with all translations, adaptations, derivations, and
combinations thereof and including all goodwill associated therewith, and all
applications, registrations and renewals in connection therewith, (iii) all
works of authorship, including, but not limited to, all mask work rights and
copyrightable works, all copyrights, all applications, registrations and
renewals in connection therewith, and all moral rights, (iv) all trade secrets
and confidential information (including, but not limited to, research and
development, know-how, processes, methods, techniques, technical data,
architectural and layout designs, drawings, specifications, customer and
supplier lists, pricing and cost information, and business, technical and
marketing plans and proposals), (v) all other Intellectual Property and
proprietary rights, and (vi) all copies and tangible embodiments of all of the
foregoing (i) through (v) in any form or medium throughout the world.

"New IP" has the meaning set forth in Section 5.2.

"Peerless" means Peerless Systems Corporation.

"PDS" means Peerless Drawing Services

"PMC-Sierra" means PMC-Sierra Corporation.

 "Ramp Up Period" has the meaning set forth in Section 6.3.

"Third Party Products" means any proprietary products or Intellectual Property
owned by third parties (including, but not limited to, Adobe PostScript and
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                                    . ANNEX B

                    SPECIFIED HARDWARE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY



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