About Vitesse

Timeline History

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• Vitesse Stackable Ethernet Switch and PHY ICs Selected by Napera Networks
• Names Robert A. Lundy as Independent Director
• Delivers Industrys First Energy-Efficient Solutions for Ethernet-Based Electronics
• Advances Next-Generation Carrier Network Solutions with Introduction of Worlds First Synchronous Ethernet Gigabit Transceiver
• Extends Leadership in GbE Solutions with Industrys First Single Chip GbE Router
• Expands VScope&trade Embedded Waveform Viewing Technology Into The Optical Transport Market
• Introduces Break-Through Signal Integrity Solution for Backplane Design and Communications Systems

• Unveils New Crosspoint Switch -- Extending Breakthrough Signal Integrity Technology to Smaller Form Factors
• Makes Next Generation 10 Gbps Receiver Solutions a Reality
• EDC Technology Accelerates SFP+ Module System Integration
• New Ethernet MAC Family Sets Benchmarks for Port Density, Integration and Functionality
• Surpasses 40 Millions Gigabit Ethernet PHY Ports
• Announces Process for Accepting Shareholder Recommendations for New Directors
• Selects BDO Seidman as Independent Auditors
• Elects Willow B. Shire to Board of Directors
• Names Steve Hanson as Independent Contractor
• Announces Sale of Storage Products Business for $63 Million and $30 Million Debt Financing
• Names Guy W. Adams as Independent Contractor
• Names Martin Nuss as Vice President, Technology and Strategy
• Announces Strategic Investment in Hyderabad, India

• Unveils Crosspoint Switch Product Family Establishing New Benchmarks for Signal Integrity Performance and Flexibility
• Extends Leadership in Gigabit Ethernet with First 600 mW Gigabit Ethernet PHY
• Low Cost Stackable Layer-2 Gigabit Ethernet Smart Switch Eliminates the Need for Fast Ethernet Stackable Products
• Demonstrates Worlds First 400 mW Gigabit Ethernet PHY
• Demonstrates Industrys First Gigabit Ethernet Wireless Broadband Gateway Solution for the SME and SOHO Markets
• Enables Next Generation FTTH Networks with Worlds First GPON-Compliant PMD Chipset
• Delivers Breakthrough Capacity and Performance Benchmarks with New High Speed Crosspoint Switches
• Smashes Bandwidth Barriers with Record 1.5 Terabit Per Second Switching Capacity in a Single Device
• Names Christopher R. Gardner as Chief Executive Officer and Reports Certain Other Recent Events
• Announces Results of the Review by the Special Committee of Its Board
• Names Rich Yonker as CFO

• Wins Gigabit Ethernet Designs with Chinas Leading SMB and Home Networking Developer
• Surpasses 15 Million Gigabit Ethernet PHY Port Shipment Milestone
• Continues Expansion into Asian Market with Opening of Taiwan Customer Technology Center
• Breaks the Switch Integration Barrier and Delivers World’s Only Integrated 16- and 24-port Gigabit Ethernet Switch System-on-a-Chip with PHYs
• VIP-2™ InP Process Sets Industry Record and Wins Frost and Sullivan Award for Technology Innovation for Communications Development in Aerospace and Defense
• Wins 29th annual Product of the Year Award from Electronic Products for Gatwick™ (VSC7310) 24-port 10/100/1000 + 2-Port 10 G L3 switch
• Delivers highest density, lowest power, 340 Gbps SONET/SDH grooming switch for Access and Metro equipment
• Announces the successful integration of HawX™ and Gatwick™ managed Gigabit Ethernet solutions with FASTPATH™ software from LVL7 Systems, Inc.
• Samples industry's most integrated and lowest cost octal Gigabit Ethernet-over-Copper transceivers for SMB and Enterprise systems
• Announces two single-chip, Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) RAID controllers, featuring industry-leading RAID software from Adaptec
• Enters the FTTP market with the industry's most integrated Burst Mode laser driver
• Announces industry's first 10 Gbps low-order Ethernet-over-SONET mapper for Metro applications
• Named to the SCSI Trade Association Board of Directors

• Announces a manufacturing relationship with Eblana Photonics for low-threshold, high-quality, single-mode laser diodes on Vitesse’s 4” Indium Phosphide (InP) integrated circuit fabrication line
• Announces strategic alliance with Adaptec, Inc., a global leader in storage solutions, to develop and market next generation Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) products
• Announces the industry’s first 24-port plus 2-port GbE switch
• Introduces world's first fully integrated, Gigabit Ethernet Switch System-on-a-Chip (SoC), featuring 40% lower power than competition
• Announces industry’s first chipset specifically designed for next-generation, multirate Fibre Channel and Gigabit Ethernet SFP modules
• Announces XFP Pro™, the industry's only complete laser driver, transimpedance amplifier (TIA), and signal conditioner chipset for 10 Gbps optical next-generation router and switch applications
• Demonstrates industry’s first multi-terabyte mixed SAS/SATA enterprise storage array with Maxtor and LSI Logic
• Announces the industry’s highest speed quad and octal signal conditioners
• Introduces the industry’s lowest power system is built using the Heathrow-III™, 16-port gigabit switch IC
• Announces first optical receivers to support 4 Gbps Fibre Channel requirements
• Sets industry record, 152 GHz circuit performance, using Indium Phosphide (InP) HBT VIP-2™ process
• Announces NexSAS™ the first SAS products for the storage industry
• Collaborates with Silverback Systems to introduce the industry’s smallest footprint iSCSI development platform for IP storage vendors
• Introduces new quad 6.5 Gbps transceiver extending the life of legacy backplanes
• Expands serial storage product line with enterprise class switch
• Introduces Smart-LINK™ 10G chipset, lowering cost of bandwidth by 2X
• Announces the industry's lowest power, QUAD Gigabit-over-Copper transceiver
• Adds low-cost, low-power copper PHYs to portfolio of products
• Announces the industry's only fully integrated solution for managed 4 Gbps Storage systems and Storage networks

• Introduces chipset family that provides the broadest solution available for solving applications of Ethernet-over-SONET/SDH
• Delivers the industry's first high density, multi-protocol MAC, Campbell-I™
• Delivers the industry's first fully integrated Layer 3 GbE Switch/Router ICs featuring 10 Gigabit uplinks for Enterprise applications
• Develops next-generation InP process under DARPA program award
• Announces support of Advanced Switching for the PCI Express interconnect standard
• Enables deployment of XFP module standard with XFP interface card
• Announces the industry's first integrated 24-port Gigabit switch IC available for production
• Introduces the first multi-rate, multi-protocol Transceiver, Transimpedance Amplifier (TIA) and EAM Driver chipset
• Lucent Technologies deploys Vitesse's Timestream™ family of products in their Metropolis® DMX Access Multiplexer
• Expands family of highly integrated 10Gbps Ethernet MACs and delivers the industry\'s first Quad-speed MAC
• Achieves the industry's highest performance and reliability for embedded SANs
• Introduces the first enclosure management controllers developed specifically for the Serial ATA market
• Adds Serial ATA to its storage product portfolio

• Wins the Lightwave magazine Attendee's Choice Award at NFOEC for its 10 Gbps Transponder
• Introduces the industry's highest density, channelized, multi-service, virtual concatenation (VC) mappers
• Introduces the first rate-agile (to 2.7 Gbps) clock and data recovery IC
• Honored by the San Fernando Valley Business journal as one of the 25 economic engines of the Valley for its 10 Gigabit Ethernet products
• Announces the first 64x64 non-blocking photonic switch utilizing a patented non-MEMS technology
• Introduces company's first 10 Gbps optical transponder
• Introduces first product in SiGe process technology

• Introduces the industry's first and only 2G direct attach SES controller
• Announces the first 2G port bypass circuit (PBC) for storage applications
• Patents integrated SerDes in a switch fabric
• Introduces first InP devices
• Announces first high-gain, low overhead FEC device
• Adds optical modules and subsystems to portfolio of products
• Introduces a new higher performance process technology based on InP
• Adds Ethernet MACs, GbE, and 10GbE Switches to portfolio of products

• Introduces the industry's lowest power quad SerDes for high-speed backplane applications
• Introduces first dual repeater/retimer for Fibre Channel and Gigabit Ethernet
• Adds Access/Aggregation products to portfolio of products
• Introduces the industry's first packet and cell traffic management engine supporting full OC-48c data rate
• Adds network processors to portfolio of products
• Recognized as one of the fastest growing, best performing companies in the world by Forbes Magazine ("America's Top 500 Companies", April 17, 2000), Business Week ("The 100 Hot Growth Companies", May 29, 2000, and "The World's Best Performers – Info Tech 200", June 19, 2000), and Barron's ("The Best 500 Performing Companies", April 10, 2000)

• Announces first family of crosspoint switches, including 64x64 2.5 Gbps switch
• Adds core packet processors to portfolio of products
• Introduces the industry's first and only 1G direct attach SES controller
• Adds enclosure management to portfolio of products

• Announces first commercially available OC-48, 16-bit, electrical transceiver
• Adds TSI and Pointer Processors to portfolio of products
• Completes first integrated OC-48 Mux + CMU + Driver and first integrated OC-48 Dmux + CDR
• Introduces its first devices using CMOS process technology

• Completes first Multi-Gigabit Interconnect ICs
• Earns ISO-9001 certification

• Introduces first 1.25 Gbps, Gigabit Ethernet, fully integrated, single chip transceiver
• Announces first 10 Gbps fully integrated 16:1 multiplexer and demultiplexer chipset

• Announces the industry's lowest cost, lowest power SONET/ATM transceiver combining SerDes functions and a fully monolithic clock multiplier on a single IC

• Introduces the first 1G SerDes for Fibre Channel storage
• Introduces the first Multi-Channel SONET CRU
• Sets new milestones for gate array performance by announcing first ASIC product line offering maximum operating frequencies beyond 3Ghz

• Announces first device with over one million transistors

• Initial Public Offering; listed on NASDAQ: VTSS

• Introduces first full-speed Fibre Channel solution

• Announces first SONET STS-48, 2.4 Gbps product
• Pioneers volume manufacturing and production of GaAs devices using its high-integration, proprietary H-GaAs technology
• Incorporated as Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation

• Founded as Vitesse Electronics Corporation