Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation designs, develops, and markets semiconductor products. It offers carrier Ethernet switch engines for mobile backhaul and mobile access equipment, customer premise equipment, access network equipment, wireless base stations, and fiber and microwave wireless backhaul equipment; and enterprise Ethernet switches for desktop, workgroup, and LAN infrastructure to migrate to gigabit Ethernet speeds. The company also provides Ethernet media access controllers, which provide addressing and channel control mechanisms that enable multiple network nodes to communicate within a multipoint network; gigabit Ethernet copper and dual-media transceivers, including single, quad, and octal devices that allow transmission of 10/100/1000 BASE-T data over category 5 copper cable and fiber optic cabling for use in personal computing, home electronics, and LAN applications; and SynchroPHY gigabit Ethernet copper and dual-media transceivers with packet timing and synchronization capabilities. In addition, it offers a line of connectivity products comprising mixed-signal physical layer (PHY) and physical media devices, crosspoint switches, and signal integrity devices for connection of systems via optical fiber, copper cable, or backplanes. Further, it provides transport processing products, including framers that take incoming data traffic from the PHY and process the framing information used for transporting data; mappers, which convert data from one protocol to another; and switches that receive data from a line card and routes the data to its proper destination. The company markets and sells its products to original equipment manufacturers and original design manufacturers, as well as through third-party electronic component distributors and manufacturing service providers. Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Camarillo, California.

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