About Vitesse

Facts-at-a-glance

Founded
Camarillo, California, 1984

Initial Public Offering
VTSS (NASDAQ) December 1991

Company Overview
Vitesse designs, develops and markets a diverse portfolio of high-performance, cost-competitive semiconductor solutions for communications and storage networks worldwide.

Market Segments
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.

Products/Applications
Vitesse manufactures the industry's broadest array of products:

Storage ICs for Fibre Channel, Serial ATA (SATA), SAS, and enclosure management applications
Serial backplane devices for high-bandwidth Fibre Channel and Gigabit Ethernet interconnections
LAN/MAN products for Gigabit Ethernet and 10 Gigabit Ethernet switching, as well as a comprehensive line of MAC-layer products
SONET/SDH devices for framing, mapping, and next-generation service delivery
Switch fabric components for packet, cell, and TDM applications
Processor ICs to enable network service and traffic management

Manufacturing Capabilities
Vitesse uses a wide range of process technologies to optimize the performance and cost of today's highly integrated communication devices. Vitesse has comprehensive agreements with independent foundries and device manufacturers, as well as internal wafer fabrication facilities, which allow it to offer 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.

Innovative Market Leadership
A leader since its inception, Vitesse continues to introduce industry advancements in both technology and products. Following is a partial list of Vitesse innovative industry firsts: View our Timeline History.

Highest speed Quad and Octal signal conditioners
Lowest power system, built using the Heathrow-III™, 16-port Gigabit switch IC
Highest performance and reliability for embedded SANs
Enclosure management controllers developed specifically for the Serial ATA market
Fully integrated solution for managed 4 Gbps storage systems and storage networks
10G end-to-end solution with real-time receiver and transmitter link optimization
High density, multi-protocol Media Access Controller (MAC)
Record setting highest density crosspoint switches
Fully integrated Layer 3 GbE switch/router ICs featuring 10 Gigabit uplinks for enterprise applications
340 Gbps, serial TFI-5 TSI switch for Access and Metro applications highest density, channelized, multi-service, virtual concatenation (VC) mappers
Optimized switch fabric chipset offering multi-service support with advanced QoS provisioning features and active redundancy

Sales & Customer Support
Vitesse has established a worldwide sales and customer support network offering direct sales, distribution through representatives and regional distributors, and technical field application engineers.

ISO 9001 Certified
A major foundation of Vitesse is its total commitment to quality. Vitesse management and employees are committed to providing customers with outstanding, standards-compliant products and services. Vitesse is ISO 9001: 2000 certified by Det Norske Veritas. View our Quality Statement.

Facilities
Vitesse is headquartered in Camarillo, California. In addition to the corporate offices, the facility houses final test operations, various product development and marketing functions, and InP manufacturing. Vitesse has other offices located throughout the world to assist with manufacturing and ongoing development efforts. These facilities promote the entire Vitesse product portfolio, and offer local support to customers.

Employees
Vitesse employs approximately 800 people worldwide.

Management
The Vitesse management team consists of industry experts, each with numerous years of experience and expertise in the networking and communications fields.

Web site
http://www.vitesse.com/