About Vitesse

Vitesse designs, develops and markets a diverse portfolio of high-performance, cost-competitive semiconductor solutions for communications and storage networks worldwide. Engineering excellence and dedicated customer service distinguish Vitesse as an industry leader in Gigabit Ethernet LAN, Ethernet-over-SONET, Advanced Switching, Fibre Channel, Serial Attached SCSI (SAS), Optical Transport and other applications. Vitesse innovation empowers customers to deliver superior products for Enterprise, Access, Metro and Core applications.

The Vitesse Advantage
With 20 years of success in the communications industry, including a history of innovation and a comprehensive portfolio of products, Vitesse truly is a proven design and technology leader.

Unequalled Experience and Expertise
The Vitesse management team, with over 200 years of combined industry experience, is uniquely qualified to anticipate and lead the market. Experience encompassing all aspects of the IC process - from the initial design phase, through manufacturing and testing, and into post-production support - allows Vitesse to better meet customer requirements. This experience and expertise has enabled Vitesse to stay competitive in an ever-changing environment.

Leading The Charge With Innovative Technology
Since its inception, Vitesse has supported the burgeoning networking, communications, and storage industries with complete silicon solutions. By continually advancing its development technologies, methodologies, and intellectual property base, Vitesse has consistently delivered highly innovative products to its customers. For a list of Vitesse innovation highlights, please view the Timeline History of Vitesse.

As an active member of many industry organizations and standards committees, Vitesse shapes the dynamic technology landscape. Vitesse is pleased to support both existing and new technologies through its participation in these organizations and in its product designs.

Vitesse has been awarded over 50 patents with additional patents pending. These innovations, used in the design and manufacture of products, are a result of Vitesse's commitment to continuous improvement.

A Comprehensive Portfolio of Quality Products
From physical layer components and processor technologies to switching and management devices, Vitesse provides its customers with a wide range of solutions for a variety of applications in Enterprise, Access, Metro, and Core.

Vitesse offers products manufactured using CMOS, InP, SiGe, and GaAs. This ability guarantees the optimal performance and cost-effectiveness of each product, and ensures that the best technology is chosen every time.

World-class Customer Service and Support
Vitesse constantly looks ahead to anticipate tomorrow's design challenges, not only in terms of technology and products, but also in the need for world-class customer engineering and design support. Vitesse's highly-trained field application engineers (FAEs) and manufacturer representatives located around the world provide the basis for both design and customer service excellence.

Total Commitment To Quality
Quality and standards are the foundation of Vitesse. Management and employees are dedicated to providing customers with outstanding, standards-compliant products and services. As part of this commitment, Vitesse is ISO 9001: 2000 certified by Det Norske Veritas and has rigorous in-house procedures, which include extensive testing and verification of every single device. View our Quality Statement.

As we move into our third decade of service, Vitesse will continue to lead with innovative technology, anticipate and solve new design challenges, and provide world-class products and support to ensure the success of our customers.

Vitesse - Demonstrating Excellence
…in design innovation, quality products, and superior customer support