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Vitesse Semiconductor

(VTSS) is in the Technology Industry

Market Cap:$96.9M

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$228.5M

Public
US

Dow Jones Description

Vitesse designs, develops and markets a diverse portfolio of high-performance, cost-competitive semiconductor solutions for Carrier and Enterprise Ethernet networks worldwide. Engineering excellence and dedicated customer service distinguish Vitesse is an industry leader in Gigabit Ethernet LAN, Ethernet-over-SONET, Fibre Channel, Optical Transport, OTN, WDM, and other applications. Vitesse innovation empowers customers to deliver superior products for Enterprise, Access, Metro, and Core applications.

Number of Employees 502

Contact Information

741 Calle Plano

Camarillo, California 93012-8543

www.vitesse.com

(805) 388-3700

Peer Companies

NAICS Code Semiconductor and Related Device Manufacturing: 334413

Company News

Recent Events

Vitesse Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2009 Year End Results

12/15/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story
Vitesse Unveils New Clock and Data Recovery Device

11/22/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
FiberHome Chooses Vitesse Carrier Ethernet Chipset

11/13/09 - Licensing / Contract - View Story
Check This Out!! CRGE -"Clenergen India Private Limited Appoints Merchant Bank

11/12/09 - Licensing / Contract - View Story
Vitesse Appoints Two Board Members

10/30/09 - Mgmt. Change Entering - Director - View Story
Vitesse Releases 11.5 Gbps 144x144 Crosspoint Switch

10/03/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
Vitesse Releases VSC3316, A 16-Port Asynchronous Crosspoint Switch

10/06/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
Vitesse Has Strong Third Quarter

8/11/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story
Vitesse Announces Resignation of Board Member Vincent Chan, Ph.D.

7/08/09 - Board Member - Leaving - View Story

News & Analysis

semiconductors and vitesse semiconductor - All News and Analysis

DARPA backs next-generation InP chips.

- 2003-08-20

Aug 20, 2003 (Electronics News - ABIX via COMTEX) Vitesse Semiconductor is one of three companies working on a defence contract. The $US6 million ($A8.75 million) contract for the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency DARPA, which Vitesse is undertaking in collaboration with the...

Tags: chip, DARPA, HARDWARE, NETWORKING, Semiconductors, Vitesse Semiconductor
Vitesse's Six-Inch Wafer Fab Receives ISO9001 Certification

- 1999-08-12

CAMARILLO, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Aug. 12, 1999-- Vitesse Semiconductor Corp. (Nasdaq:VTSS) Thursday announced that the quality system at its Pierre Lamond Fabrication Facility, Colorado Springs, Colo., has received certification to the ISO9001:1994 Standard. The registrar, Det Norske Veritas, granted ISO9001 certification based on extensive quality system audits of the operation...

Tags: Business Wire, GAAS, HARDWARE, Manufacturing, Quality, Semiconductors, Vitesse Semiconductor, wafer
Vitesse Introduces Gigabit Interconnect IC for High Speed Backplanes

- 1998-09-14

CAMARILLO, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Sept. 14, 1998--Vitesse Semiconductor Corp. (Nasdaq:VTSS) Monday introduced the VSC7211 Gigabit Interconnect IC for 1Gb/s and 1.25Gb/s serial interconnection over system backplanes or between systems. The VSC7211 accepts one channel of 8-bit parallel data, performs 8B/10B encoding and decoding, and sends the data over...

Tags: Business Wire, HARDWARE, Semiconductors, Vitesse Semiconductor