Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation is the world leader in the design, development, and manufacturing of high-bandwidth communications ICs for WAN, LAN, and SAN applications. Vitesse offers a broader array of solutions than any other manufacturer, spanning optoelectronic front ends, physical layer devices, fabric components, switches, network processors, and enclosure management. Vitesse's range is the result of over 15 years defining the state of the art in speed. With an impressive array of "firsts," including the first OC-48 chipsets, the first full-bandwidth Gigabit Ethernet solutions, and the first Gigabit fabrics, Vitesse has long proven the integrity of its name-"Vitesse" is French for "speed."

Vitesse's products address the needs of Core, Access, and Enterprise network equipment manufacturers, who require a combination of high speed, high functionality, and low power dissipation. Vitesse employs the best currently available technologies for balancing these requirements, including its proprietary H-GaAs process, CMOS, SiGe, InP and more. For companies that are building the optical infrastructure of today's telecommunications and data communications, and for enterprises that demand Gigabit connectivity, Vitesse provides uniquely compelling solutions.

WAN: Total Speed, Total Solutions
Vitesse is a critical part of today's optical data communications and telecommunications networks. How critical? Consider that we lead the industry in OC-48 and OC-192 SONET based ICs. Or consider the fact that virtually every long distance telephone call passes, at some point, through a Vitesse IC. Most of the world's telecom systems use Vitesse 2.5Gb/s chips, and we're now providing complete solutions for 10Gb/s systems.

Vitesse has achieved this prominence by providing total solutions for the WAN, from the optoelectronics to the physical layer and mux/demux, to framers, processing, and switching functions. This eliminates design interconnection challenges, increases overall system quality and interoperability, and reduces time to market by more than half. Datacom and telecom engineers working with Vitesse have the widest range of proven solutions at their fingertips, from 622Mb/s to 10Gb/s, facilitating design and implementation of today's-and tomorrow's-wide area networks.

LAN: Defining the Performance Standard
The enterprise LAN becomes increasingly important as corporate data becomes the foundation for business. Bandwidth, scalability, and availability are all critical. Vitesse provides the foundation for the mission-critical, high-bandwidth, highly flexible LAN with comprehensive Gigabit Ethernet solutions and innovative network processing components.

Vitesse Gigabit Ethernet components set the standard for low-jitter, low-power performance, while remaining compatible with industry-standard pinouts. Using Vitesse, LAN engineers can spec in higher performance without changing their overall designs.

Vitesse network processing components allow developers of high-speed LAN components unparalleled control over interconnectivity and programmability. As a co-founder of the CSIX (Common Switch Interface) forum, Vitesse is cooperating with 30 other member companies to define and develop open architecture and interoperable standard components for high-speed networking. This is the basis of our network processor devices, which allow the scalability, programmability, and manageability to meet the needs of a dynamically changing network.

SAN: Faster Fibre, Comprehensive Enclosure Management
Vitesse delivered the first Fibre Channel chipset, and continues to define the state of the art for storage area networks (SAN). When Vitesse's high speed, high bandwidth Fibre Channel solutions are combined with its IPMI enclosure management ICs, the ultimate in speed and reliability is achieved.

Vitesse offers a complete line of Fibre Channel physical layer ICs that provide high bandwidth and low jitter performance necessary for a high-speed SAN. Used in conjunction with our fabric components, they allow SAN engineers to confidently design for speed and reliability.

Today's SANs need more than speed, though. They require 24/7/365 up-time - 99.999% up-time. In a heterogeneous network environment, this used to be difficult or impossible to achieve. With Vitesse's enclosure management ICs, SAN components such as RAIDs, JBODs, servers, and switches can be monitored for critical reliability parameters on a redundant network that provides connectivity to any other system, regardless of manufacturer.

Vitesse: Making Connections
No matter the network-LAN, WAN, or SAN-it's all about making connections. Do you need to connect voices from New York to LA? Or do you need to ensure that your e-commerce site is always connected to your customer base? No matter what you need to do, Vitesse is dedicated to helping you make faster, better, and more flexible connections.

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