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Microsemi Corporation to Acquire Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation
-- Expands differentiated technology offering for strategic communication infrastructure applications and customers
-- Increases traction in carrier, enterprise and industrial-IoT markets enabling broader solution sale
-- Delivers immediate EPS accretion and synergies
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ALISO VIEJO, Calif. and CAMARILLO, Calif., March 18, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Microsemi Corporation (MSCC), a leading provider of semiconductor solutions differentiated by power, security, reliability and performance, and Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation (VTSS), jointly announced today that Microsemi has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Vitesse for $5.28 per share through a cash tender offer, representing a premium of 32 percent based on the average closing price of Vitesse's shares of common stock during the 30 trading days ended March 17, 2015. The board of directors of Vitesse unanimously recommends that Vitesse's stockholders tender their shares in the tender offer. The total transaction value is approximately $389 million.

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Headquartered in Camarillo, California, Vitesse designs a diverse portfolio of high-performance semiconductors, application software, and integrated turnkey systems solutions for carrier, enterprise and Internet of Things (IoT) networks worldwide. Vitesse's products enable the fastest-growing network infrastructure markets including mobile access/IP edge, enterprise cloud access, and industrial-IoT networking.

"This acquisition is further evidence of Microsemi's continuing commitment to grow as a communications semiconductor company," stated James J. Peterson, Microsemi chairman and CEO. "Vitesse's highly complementary technology suite will expand our product offering and accelerate growth with differentiated technology in emerging markets, while benefitting from the increased scale, consolidated infrastructure and cost savings of the combined entity."

"The proposed acquisition of Vitesse by Microsemi will create a powerful combination," said Chris Gardner, Vitesse's chief executive officer. "I believe Microsemi will be able to leverage Vitesse's Ethernet technology and capabilities further into the communications market and has the scale to implement the adoption of our industrial IoT strategy."

Microsemi expects significant synergies from this transaction and expects to see immediate accretion in the first full quarter of completion. Based on current assumptions, Microsemi expects the acquisition to be $0.16 to $0.20 per share accretive in its first full fiscal year ending September 30, 2016.

As of this date, Microsemi remains comfortable with its Jan. 22, 2015 non-GAAP guidance for its second fiscal quarter of 2015, ending March 29, 2015. Microsemi currently intends to announce its second fiscal quarter results on April 23, 2015. Further details will be forthcoming.

Tender Offer and Closing

Under the terms of the definitive acquisition agreement, Microsemi will commence a cash tender offer to acquire Vitesse's outstanding shares of common stock at $5.28 per share, net to each holder in cash. Upon satisfaction of the conditions to the tender offer and after such time as all shares tendered in the tender offer are accepted for payment, the agreement provides for the parties to effect, as promptly as practicable, a merger which would result in all shares not tendered in the tender offer being converted into the right to receive $5.28 per share in cash. The tender offer is subject to customary conditions, including the tender of at least a majority of the outstanding shares of Vitesse's common stock on a modified fully diluted basis and certain regulatory approvals, including the expiration or termination of the applicable waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act, and is expected to close in Microsemi's fiscal third quarter, ending June 28, 2015. No approval of the stockholders of Microsemi is required in connection with the proposed transaction. Terms of the agreement were unanimously approved by the boards of directors of both Microsemi and Vitesse. Microsemi has received support agreements from Vitesse stockholders holding approximately 22 percent of Vitesse's outstanding common shares. Under the terms of the support agreements, these stockholders have agreed to tender their shares in the tender offer.

Under the terms of the merger agreement, Vitesse may solicit superior proposals from third parties for a "go shop" period of 21 calendar days continuing through April 7, 2015. It is not anticipated that any developments will be disclosed with regard to this process unless and until Vitesse's board of directors makes a decision to pursue a potential superior proposal. Deutsche Bank will assist Vitesse with its go shop process. There are no guarantees that this process will result in a superior proposal. The merger agreement provides Microsemi with a customary right to match a superior proposal. The agreement also provides for certain break-up fees payable to Microsemi in connection with the termination of the agreement in certain circumstances.

BofA Merrill Lynch is providing customary committed debt financing for the acquisition. BofA Merrill Lynch and RBC Capital Markets acted as financial advisors, and O'Melveny & Myers LLP is acting as legal adviser to Microsemi. Deutsche Bank and Needham & Company are acting as financial advisors and Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP is acting as legal advisor to Vitesse.

Webcast

Microsemi is hosting an analyst day today in New York, and will briefly address details of the transaction at that event. A live webcast and the accompanying presentation relating to the transaction will be available in the "Investors" section of Microsemi's website at www.microsemi.com.

Webcast date: March 18, 2015
Time: 9-11:30 a.m. EDT
Webcast link: http://investor.microsemi.com/Microsemi-s-Analyst-Day-2015

A replay of the company's analyst day webcast will also be available in the "Investors" section of Microsemi's website.

About Microsemi

Microsemi Corporation (MSCC) offers a comprehensive portfolio of semiconductor and system solutions for communications, defense & security, aerospace and industrial markets. Products include high-performance and radiation-hardened analog mixed-signal integrated circuits, FPGAs, SoCs and ASICs; power management products; timing and synchronization devices and precise time solutions, setting the world's standard for time; voice processing devices; RF solutions; discrete components; security technologies and scalable anti-tamper products; Power-over-Ethernet ICs and midspans; as well as custom design capabilities and services. Microsemi is headquartered in Aliso Viejo, Calif., and has approximately 3,400 employees globally. Learn more at www.microsemi.com.

Microsemi and the Microsemi logo are registered trademarks or service marks of Microsemi Corporation and/or its affiliates. Third-party trademarks and service marks mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners.

About Vitesse

Vitesse (VTSS) designs a diverse portfolio of high-performance semiconductors, application software, and integrated turnkey systems solutions for Carrier, Enterprise and Internet of Things (IoT) networks worldwide. Vitesse products enable the fastest-growing network infrastructure markets including Mobile Access/IP Edge, Cloud Access and Industrial-IoT Networking. Visit www.vitesse.com or follow us on Twitter @VitesseSemi.

Vitesse is a registered trademark of Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation in the United States and other jurisdictions. All other trademarks or registered trademarks mentioned herein are the property of their respective holders.

Microsemi Safe Harbor Statement

"Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: This release contains forward-looking statements based on current expectations or beliefs, as well as a number of assumptions about future events, and these statements are subject to factors and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. The reader is cautioned not to put undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which are not a guarantee of future performance and are subject to a number of uncertainties and other factors, many of which are outside the control of Microsemi and Vitesse. The forward-looking statements in this release address a variety of subjects including, for example, the expected date of closing of the acquisition, the potential benefits of the merger, including the potentially accretive and synergistic benefits, Microsemi's revenue and earnings guidance, and any other statements of belief or about the Microsemi's plans, beliefs or expectations. The following factors, among others, could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in these forward-looking statements: the risk that Vitesse's business will not be successfully integrated with Microsemi's business or complement its products, including product mix and acceptance, gross margins and operational and other cost synergies; costs associated with the merger, tender offer and financing; the unsuccessful completion of the tender offer; matters arising in connection with the parties' efforts to comply with and satisfy applicable regulatory approvals and closing conditions relating to the transaction; increased competition and technological changes in the industries in which Microsemi and Vitesse compete; Microsemi's reliance on government contracts for a portion of its sales, including impacts of any federal government shutdown; Microsemi's failure to continue to move up the value chain in its customer offerings; negative or worsening worldwide economic conditions or market instability; downturns in the highly cyclical semiconductor industry; intense competition in the semiconductor industry and resultant downward price pressure; inability to develop new technologies and products to satisfy changes in customer demand or the development by the company's competitors of products that decrease the demand for Microsemi's products; unfavorable or declining conditions in end markets; inability of Microsemi's compound semiconductor products to compete successfully with silicon-based products; production delays related to new compound semiconductors; variability of the company's manufacturing yields; the concentration of the factories that service the semiconductor industry; delays in beginning production, implementing production techniques, resolving problems associated with technical equipment malfunctions, or issues related to government or customer qualification of facilities; potential effects of system outages; the effect of events such as natural disasters and related disruptions on our operations; inability by Microsemi to fulfill customer demand and resulting loss of customers; variations in customer order preferences; difficulties foreseeing future demand; rises in inventory levels and inventory obsolescence; potential non-realization of expected orders or non-realization of backlog; failure to make sales indicated by the company's book-to-bill ratio; risks related to the company's international operations and sales, including availability of transportation services, political instability and currency fluctuations; increases in the costs of credit and the availability of credit or additional capital only under more restrictive conditions or not at all; unanticipated changes in Microsemi's tax provisions, results of tax examinations or exposure to additional income tax liabilities; changes in generally accepted accounting principles; principal, liquidity and counterparty risks related to Microsemi's holdings in securities; environmental or other regulatory matters or litigation, or any matters involving contingent liabilities or other claims; the uncertainty of litigation, the costs and expenses of litigation, the potential material adverse effect litigation could have on Microsemi's business and results of operations if an adverse determination in litigation is made, and the time and attention required of management to attend to litigation; uncertainty as to the future profitability of acquired businesses, and delays in the realization of, or the failure to realize, any accretion from acquisition transactions; any circumstances that adversely impact the end markets of acquired businesses; and difficulties in closing or disposing of operations or assets or transferring work, assets or inventory from one plant to another. In addition to these factors and any other factors mentioned elsewhere in this news release, the reader should refer as well to the factors, uncertainties or risks identified in the company's most recent Form 10-K and all subsequent Form 10-Q reports filed by Microsemi with the SEC. Additional risk factors may be identified from time to time in Microsemi's future filings. The forward-looking statements included in this release speak only as of the date hereof, and Microsemi does not undertake any obligation to update these forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances. Guidance is provided only on a non-GAAP basis due to the inherent difficulty of forecasting the timing or amount of certain items that have been excluded from the forward-looking non-GAAP measures, and a reconciliation to the comparable GAAP guidance has not been provided because certain factors that are materially significant to Microsemi's ability to estimate the excluded items are not accessible or estimable on a forward-looking basis.

Vitesse Safe Harbor Statement

Certain statements either contained in or incorporated by reference into this press release, other than purely historical information, including estimates, projections and statements relating to Vitesse's business plans and objectives, and the assumptions upon which those statements are based, are "forward-looking statements." These forward-looking statements generally include statements that are predictive in nature and depend upon or refer to future events or conditions, and include words such as "believes," "plans," "anticipates," "projects," "estimates," "expects," "intends," "strategy," "future," "opportunity," "may," "will," "should," "could," "potential," or similar expressions. Such forward-looking statements include the ability of Vitesse and Microsemi to complete the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement, including the parties' ability to satisfy the conditions to the consummation of the tender offer and the other conditions set forth in the merger agreement and the possibility of any termination of the merger agreement. The forward-looking statements contained in this release are based on current expectations and assumptions that are subject to risks and uncertainties which may cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. Actual results may differ materially from current expectations because of risks associated with uncertainties as to the timing of the tender offer and the subsequent merger; uncertainties as to how many of Vitesse's stockholders will tender their shares in the tender offer; the risk that competing offers or acquisition proposals will be made; the possibility that various conditions to the consummation of the tender offer or the merger may not be satisfied or waived, including that a governmental entity may prohibit, delay or refuse to grant approval for the consummation of the tender offer or the merger; the effects of disruption from the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement on Vitesse's business and the fact that the announcement and pendency of the transactions may make it more difficult to establish or maintain relationships with employees, suppliers and other business partners; the risk that stockholder litigation in connection with the tender offer or the merger may result in significant costs of defense, indemnification and liability; other uncertainties pertaining to the business of Vitesse, including those set forth in Vitesse's filings with the SEC, especially in "Item 1A. Risk Factors" of Vitesse's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2014 filed with the SEC on December 4, 2014 and in other periodic reports and filings with the SEC from time to time, including Vitesse's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. The reader is cautioned not to unduly rely on these forward-looking statements. Vitesse expressly disclaims any intent or obligation to update or revise publicly these forward-looking statements except as required by law.

Notice to Investors

The tender offer for the outstanding shares of common stock of Vitesse has not yet commenced. This press release is for informational purposes only and no statement in this press release is an offer to purchase or a solicitation of an offer to sell securities. At the time the tender offer is commenced, Microsemi Corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Microsemi Corporation will file a tender offer statement on Schedule TO with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and Vitesse will file a solicitation/recommendation statement on Schedule 14D-9 with respect to the tender offer. The tender offer statement (including an offer to purchase, a related letter of transmittal and other offer documents) and the solicitation/recommendation statement will contain important information that should be read carefully before any decision is made with respect to the tender offer. Such materials will be made available to Vitesse's stockholders at no expense to them. In addition, such materials (and all other offer documents filed with the SEC) will be available at no charge on the SEC's Web site: www.sec.gov.

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Vitesse Reports First Quarter Fiscal Year 2015 Results

• Revenues of $24.8 million
• New product revenue of $16.2 million, representing 82% year-to-year growth and 68% of total product revenue in the quarter
• Opportunities created at new customers were double the rate of fiscal year 2014
• Record pace for design wins, IoT wins representing 40% of total

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CAMARILLO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation (VTSS), a leading provider of IC solutions to advance “Ethernet Everywhere” in Carrier, Enterprise and Internet of Things (IoT) networks, reported its financial results for the first quarter fiscal year 2015, ended December 31, 2014.

“New product revenue continues on a solid trajectory reaching $16.2 million in the quarter, up 82% on a year to year basis. New products now represent 68% of our total product revenue,” said Chris Gardner, CEO of Vitesse. “Our customer profile continues to grow and evolve as our position strengthens in new, adjacent markets such as IoT and storage, which are literally reshaping our business and expanding our market opportunity. Our expanded sales team dramatically increased both opportunities and design wins, more than doubling the number of new customers in the pipeline, setting us on pace for another record year. As Ethernet propagates into new markets, our total addressable market will triple from approximately $1 billion today to over $3 billion by 2020.”

“As anticipated, we saw a meaningful decrease in revenue from our legacy products in the first quarter and expect another smaller decline in the second quarter. These declines will be more than offset by new product revenue growth of 50% to 75% for the full fiscal year. We continue to manage expenses carefully as we move through the transition and remain on target to deliver gross product margins of 60% in fiscal year 2015. All told, the leading indicators of our business are strong and we are well positioned with the technology, products, market position, and customers to capitalize on the exciting growth opportunities we are seeing in the market.”

First Quarter Fiscal Year 2015 Financial Results Summary
• Total net revenues were $24.8 million, compared to $28.7 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2014 and $27.1 million in the first quarter of fiscal year 2014. • Product revenues were $24.0 million, compared to $27.0 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2014 and $24.9 million in the first quarter of fiscal year 2014. Revenues by market contributed the following as a percentage of product revenues as compared to the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2014: • Carrier networking products: 47.4% versus 45.1%
• Enterprise networking products: 43.7% versus 39.9%
• Industrial-IoT networking products: 8.9% versus 15.0%

• Intellectual property revenues totaled $0.8 million, compared to $1.7 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2014 and $2.2 million in the first quarter of fiscal year 2014.

• Product margins were 58.1%, compared to 60.9% in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2014 and 57.1% in the first quarter of fiscal year 2014. Total gross margins were 59.4%, compared to 63.1% in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2014 and 60.6% in the first quarter of fiscal year 2014.
• Operating expenses were $18.9 million, compared to operating expenses of $18.8 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2014 and $18.6 million in the first quarter of fiscal year 2014.
• Operating loss was $4.2 million, compared to operating loss of $0.7 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2014 and $2.2 million in the first quarter of fiscal year 2014.
• Non-GAAP operating loss was $2.2 million, compared to non-GAAP operating income of $1.0 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2014 and non-GAAP operating loss of $0.9 million in the first quarter of fiscal year 2014.
• Net loss was $5.0 million, or $0.07 per basic and fully diluted share. This compares to net loss of $2.5 million, or $0.04 per basic and fully diluted share, in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2014, and net loss of $5.4 million, or $0.09 per basic and fully diluted share, in the first quarter of fiscal year 2014.
• Non-GAAP net loss was $3.1 million, or $0.04 per basic and fully diluted share, compared to non-GAAP net loss of $0.8 million, or $0.01 per basic and fully diluted share, for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2014, and non-GAAP net loss of $2.4 million, or $0.04 per basic and fully diluted share, in the first quarter of fiscal year 2014.

Balance Sheet Data at December 31, 2014 as Compared to September 30, 2014
• Cash and restricted cash were $33.4 million, compared to $72.7 million, reflecting the $32.8 million debt repayment in October 2014.
• Accounts receivable was $10.1 million, compared to $10.9 million.
• Inventories were $15.7 million, compared to $12.8 million.

Financial Outlook

For the second quarter of fiscal year 2015, ending March 31, 2015, Vitesse expects revenues to be in the range of $24.0 million to $26.0 million and product margins to be between 58% and 61%. GAAP operating expenses are expected to be between $17.5 million and $18.5 million.

February 3, 2015 Conference Call Information

A conference call is scheduled for today, February 3, 2015, at 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time / 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time to review financial results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2015. To listen to the conference call via telephone, dial 888.312.3048 (U.S. toll-free) or 719.325.2244 (International) and provide the passcode 8306732. Participants should dial in at least 10 minutes prior to the start of the call. To listen via the Internet, the webcast can be accessed through the investor section of the Vitesse corporate web site at www.vitesse.com.

The playback of the conference call will be available approximately two hours after the call concludes and will be accessible on the Vitesse corporate web site or by calling 877.870.5176 (U.S. toll-free) or 858.384.5517 (International) and entering the passcode 8306732. The audio replay will be available for seven days.

About Vitesse

Vitesse (VTSS) designs a diverse portfolio of high-performance semiconductors, application software, and integrated turnkey systems solutions for Carrier, Enterprise and Internet of Things (IoT) networks worldwide. Vitesse products enable the fastest-growing network infrastructure markets including Mobile Access/IP Edge, Enterprise Cloud Access, and Industrial-IoT Networking. Visit www.vitesse.com or follow us on Twitter @VitesseSemi.

Vitesse is a registered trademark of Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation in the United States and other jurisdictions. All other trademarks or registered trademarks mentioned herein are the property of their respective holders.

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Cautions Regarding Forward Looking Statements

All statements included or incorporated by reference in this release and the related conference call for analysts and investors, other than statements or characterizations of historical fact, are forward-looking statements that are based on our current expectations, estimates and projections about our business and industry, management’s beliefs, and certain assumptions made by us, all of which are subject to change. Forward-looking statements can often be identified by words such as “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “predicts,” and similar terms, and variations or negatives of these words. Examples of forward-looking statements in this release include the Company’s financial outlook for its second quarter of fiscal year 2015, potential new markets for the Company’s products and size of addressable markets, and anticipated new product, design win and new customer growth in fiscal year 2015. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and the Company’s actual results may differ significantly from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements. Factors and uncertainties that could affect the Company’s forward-looking statements include, among other things: identification of feasible new product initiatives, management of R&D efforts and the resulting successful development of new products and product platforms; acceptance by customers of the Company’s products; reliance on key suppliers; rapid technological change in the industries in which the Company operates; and competitive factors, including pricing pressures and the introduction by others of new products with similar or better functionality than the Company’s products. These and other risks are more fully described in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K that was filed on December 4, 2014, which should be read in conjunction herewith for a further discussion of important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Non-GAAP Measures

A non-GAAP financial measure is a numerical measure of a company’s performance, financial position, or cash flows that either excludes or includes amounts that are not normally excluded or included in the most directly comparable measure calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP. Non-GAAP measures are not in accordance with, nor are they a substitute for, GAAP measures. Other companies may use different non-GAAP measures and presentation of results.

We provide non-GAAP measures of non-GAAP operating expenses, non-GAAP income (loss) from operations and non-GAAP net income (loss) as a supplement to financial results based on GAAP operating expenses, GAAP income (loss) from operations and GAAP net income (loss). The Company believes that the additional non-GAAP measures are useful to investors for the purpose of financial analysis. We believe the presentation of non-GAAP measures provides investors with additional insight into underlying operating results and prospects for the future by excluding gains, losses and other charges that are considered by management to be outside of the Company’s core operating results. Management uses these measures internally to evaluate the Company’s in-period operating performance before taking into account these non-operating gains, losses and charges. In addition, the measures are used for planning and forecasting of the Company’s performance in future periods.

In deriving non-GAAP operating expenses from GAAP operating expenses, we exclude stock-based compensation charges and amortization of intangible assets. In deriving non-GAAP income (loss) from operations from GAAP income (loss) from operations, we exclude stock-based compensation charges and amortization of intangible assets. In deriving non-GAAP net income (loss) from GAAP net income (loss), we further exclude loss on extinguishment of debt. Stock-based compensation charges, amortization of intangible assets, and loss on extinguishment of debt represent charges that recur in amounts unrelated to the Company’s operations.

The non-GAAP financial measures we provide have certain limitations because they do not reflect all of the costs associated with the operation of our business as determined in accordance with GAAP. Non-GAAP operating expenses, non-GAAP income (loss) from operations and non-GAAP net income (loss) are in addition to, and are not a substitute for or superior to, operating expenses, income (loss) from operations and net income (loss), which are prepared in accordance with GAAP and may be different from non-GAAP measures used by other companies. A detailed reconciliation of the non-GAAP measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measure is set forth below. Investors are encouraged to review these reconciliations to appropriately incorporate the non-GAAP measures and the limitations of these measures into their analyses. For complete information on stock-based compensation, amortization of intangible assets, and loss on extinguishment of debt, please see our Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended December 31, 2014 and Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2014.



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UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

December 31,
2014 September 30,
2014
(in thousands, except par value)
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash $ 31,745 $ 71,903
Accounts receivable 10,081 10,850
Inventories 15,705 12,792
Restricted cash 1,608 794
Prepaid expenses and other current assets 2,170 1,047
Total current assets 61,309 97,386
Property, plant and equipment, net 2,913 2,858
Other intangible assets, net 1,811 1,476
Other assets 1,511 3,104
$ 67,544 $ 104,824

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable $ 7,947 $ 6,814
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities 9,548 12,472
Current portion of debt, net — 32,727
Deferred revenue 6,302 4,902
Total current liabilities 23,797 56,915
Other long-term liabilities 225 234
Long-term debt, net 16,508 16,417
Convertible subordinated debt, net — —
Total liabilities 40,530 73,566
Stockholders’ equity:
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value: 10,000 shares authorized; no shares issued or outstanding — —
Common stock, $0.01 par value: 250,000 shares authorized; 68,426 and 67,703 shares outstanding at December 31, 2014 and September 30, 2014, respectively 684 677
Additional paid-in-capital 1,925,774 1,924,984
Accumulated deficit (1,899,444 ) (1,894,403 )
Total stockholders’ equity 27,014 31,258
$ 67,544 $ 104,824



VITESSE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

Three Months ended
December 31, September 30, December 31,
2014 2014 2013
Net revenues: (in thousands, except per share data)
Product revenues $ 23,969 $ 27,007 $ 24,863
Intellectual property revenues 786 1,664 2,220
Net revenues 24,755 28,671 27,083
Costs and expenses:
Cost of product revenues 10,053 10,571 10,676
Engineering, research and development 11,337 10,869 10,679
Selling, general and administrative 7,415 7,792 7,854
Amortization of intangible assets 100 93 88
Costs and expenses 28,905 29,325 29,297
Loss from operations (4,150 ) (654 ) (2,214 )
Other expense:
Interest expense, net 818 1,521 1,704
Loss on extinguishment of debt — — 1,594
Other, net 28 28 61
Other expense, net 846 1,549 3,359
Loss before income tax expense (benefit) (4,996 ) (2,203 ) (5,573 )
Income tax expense (benefit) 45 282 (202 )
Net loss $ (5,041 ) $ (2,485 ) $ (5,371 )

Net loss per common share - basic and diluted $ (0.07 ) $ (0.04 ) $ (0.09 )
Weighted average common shares outstanding - basic and diluted 67,974 67,580 57,610



VITESSE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
UNAUDITED RECONCILIATION OF GAAP RESULTS TO NON-GAAP RESULTS

Three Months Ended
December 31, September 30, December 31,
2014 2014 2013
(in thousands, except per share data)

UNAUDITED RECONCILIATION OF GAAP NET LOSS TO NON-GAAP NET LOSS

GAAP net loss $ (5,041 ) $ (2,485 ) $ (5,371 )
Adjustments:
Stock-based compensation charges 1,831 1,609 1,265
Amortization of intangible assets 100 93 88
Loss on extinguishment of debt — — 1,594
Total GAAP to non-GAAP adjustments 1,931 1,702 2,947
Non-GAAP net loss $ (3,110 ) $ (783 ) $ (2,424 )
Net loss per common share - basic and diluted:
GAAP net loss per common share $ (0.07 ) $ (0.04 ) $ (0.09 )
Adjustments 0.03 0.03 0.05
Non-GAAP net loss per common share $ (0.04 ) $ (0.01 ) $ (0.04 )

UNAUDITED RECONCILIATION OF GAAP LOSS FROM OPERATIONS TO NON-GAAP (LOSS) INCOME FROM OPERATIONS

GAAP loss from operations $ (4,150 ) $ (654 ) $ (2,214 )
Adjustments:
Stock-based compensation charges 1,831 1,609 1,265
Amortization of intangible assets 100 93 88
Total GAAP to non-GAAP adjustments 1,931 1,702 1,353
Non-GAAP (loss) income from operations $ (2,219 ) $ 1,048 $ (861 )

UNAUDITED RECONCILIATION OF GAAP OPERATING EXPENSES TO NON-GAAP OPERATING EXPENSES

GAAP operating expenses:
Engineering, research and development $ 11,337 $ 10,869 $ 10,679
Selling, general and administrative 7,415 7,792 7,854
Amortization of intangible assets 100 93 88
Total GAAP operating expenses 18,852 18,754 18,621
Adjustments:
Stock-based compensation charges 1,601 1,405 1,081
Amortization of intangible assets 100 93 88
Total GAAP to non-GAAP adjustments 1,701 1,498 1,169
Non-GAAP operating expenses $ 17,151 $ 17,256 $ 17,452






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[Business Wire] - SEOUL, South Korea--(BUSINESSWIRE)-- Recent analyst reports forecast the total number of LTE connected devices shipped worldwide will exceed 1.89 billion devices by the end of 2019, exposing mobile security ...

read full: http://au.finance.yahoo.com/news/lte-networks-must-thwart-security-043000688.html
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Wed, 10 Dec 2014 04:30:00 GMT ~ LTE Networks Must Thwart Security Threats, Says Vitesse

[Business Wire] - Recent analyst reports forecast the total number of LTE connected devices shipped worldwide will exceed 1.89 billion devices by the end of 2019, exposing mobile security threats as one of the weakest links in network security.

read full: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/lte-networks-must-thwart-security-043000751.html
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Mon, 08 Dec 2014 13:00:00 GMT ~ Vitesse Facilitates Adoption of MEF Third Network Vision

[Business Wire] - Recent analyst reports estimate the Carrier software-defined networking and network functions virtualization market will exceed $11 billion by 2018, with a growth rate of nearly 90% from today.

read full: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/vitesse-facilitates-adoption-mef-third-130000226.html
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Sun, 07 Dec 2014 00:07:45 GMT ~ 10-K for Vitesse Semiconductor Corp.


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Vitesse Reports Third Quarter Fiscal Year 2014 Results

• Net revenues totaled $27.2 million, an increase of 6% sequentially
• New product revenue of $13.9 million, an increase of 21% sequentially and 79% from the third quarter last year
• New product design wins grew over 45% in first nine months of the fiscal year compared to same period last year
• Cash is $71.6 million at June 30, 2014 strengthened by $26.6 million of public offering net proceeds

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CAMARILLO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation (VTSS), a leading provider of advanced IC solutions for Carrier, Enterprise and Internet of Things (IoT) networks, reported its financial results for the third quarter of fiscal year 2014, ended June 30, 2014.

“Our recent performance has increased our confidence that Vitesse is well-positioned for significant and sustained long-term revenue growth and profitability. New product revenue momentum continues, growing 21% sequentially and 79% over the year ago quarter, and now comprises over 50% of total revenue. The inflection point in our business is now clearly evident, as the growth of our new product portfolio again outstripped the decline of our legacy business, resulting in total revenue growth of 6% sequentially and 3% from the year ago quarter,” said Chris Gardner, CEO of Vitesse. “At the same time, we have substantially strengthened our balance sheet, positioning us to retire all of our near-term debt and further our growth initiatives. Vitesse now has the infrastructure and the resources to support a much larger base of customers. Coupled with our substantial operating leverage, margins on our future growth will flow to the bottom line.”

“The markets are validating our technology focus and strategy. Today, we see Ethernet virtually everywhere, creating opportunities for Vitesse in areas such as Gigabit Wi-Fi, IoT, storage, and automotive. Because our new Ethernet product portfolio can serve these markets now, we are adding new customers at an accelerating pace while increasing opportunities and design wins with existing customers.”

Third Quarter Fiscal Year 2014 Financial Results Summary
• Total net revenue was $27.2 million, compared to $25.6 million in the second quarter of fiscal year 2014 and $26.4 million in the third quarter of fiscal year 2013.
• Product revenue was $26.0 million, compared to $24.9 million in the second quarter of fiscal year 2014 and $26.3 million in the third quarter of fiscal year 2013.

• The product lines contributed the following as a percentage of product revenue as compared to the second quarter of fiscal year 2014: • Carrier Networking products: 46.3% versus 47.6%
• Enterprise Networking products: 53.5% versus 51.7%

• Intellectual property revenue totaled $1.1 million, compared to $0.7 million in the second quarter of fiscal year 2014 and $0.1 million in the third quarter of fiscal year 2013.

• Product margins were 52.9%, compared to 55.9%, in the second quarter of fiscal year 2014 and 55.6% in the third quarter of fiscal year 2013. Total gross margins were 54.9%, compared to 57.1%, in the second quarter of fiscal year 2014 and 55.8% in the third quarter of fiscal year 2013.
• Operating expenses were $17.4 million, compared to $19.0 million in the second quarter of fiscal year 2014 and $19.0 million in the third quarter of fiscal year 2013.
• Operating loss was $2.5 million, compared to operating loss of $4.4 million in the second quarter of fiscal year 2014 and $4.3 million in the third quarter of fiscal year 2013.
• Non-GAAP operating loss was $0.9 million, compared to non-GAAP operating loss of $2.7 million in the second quarter of fiscal year 2014 and non-GAAP operating loss of $3.1 million in the third quarter of fiscal year 2013.
• Net loss was $4.4 million, or $0.07 per basic and fully diluted share. This compares to net loss of $5.8 million, or $0.10 per basic and fully diluted share, in the second quarter of fiscal year 2014, and net loss of $6.4 million, or $0.17 per basic and fully diluted share, in the third quarter of fiscal year 2013.
• Non-GAAP net loss was $2.7 million, or $0.04 per basic and fully diluted share, compared to non-GAAP net loss of $4.1 million, or $0.07 per basic and fully diluted share, for the second quarter of fiscal year 2014, and non-GAAP net loss of $5.2 million, or $0.13 per basic and fully diluted share, in the third quarter of fiscal year 2013.

Balance Sheet Data at June 30, 2014 as Compared to September 30, 2013

On June 17, 2014, Vitesse completed a public offering of its common stock and received net proceeds of $26.6 million.
• Cash and restricted cash were $71.6 million, compared to $69.0 million.
• Accounts receivable was $10.1 million, compared to $9.8 million.
• Inventory was $11.2 million, compared to $10.7 million.
• Total debt was $48.7 million, compared to $60.8 million.

Financial Outlook

For the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2014, ending September 30, 2014, Vitesse expects revenue to be in the range of $26.5 million to $29.0 million and product margins to be between 56% and 58%. GAAP operating expenses are expected to be between $18.5 million and $19.5 million.

August 5, 2014 Conference Call Information

A conference call is scheduled for today, August 5, 2014, at 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time / 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time to review the financial results for the third quarter of fiscal year 2014.

To listen to the conference call via telephone, dial 888.428.9473 (U.S. toll-free) or 719.457.2083 (International) and provide the passcode 5286628. Participants should dial in at least 10 minutes prior to the start of the call. To listen via the Internet, the webcast can be accessed through the investor section of the Vitesse corporate web site at www.vitesse.com.

The playback of the conference call will be available approximately two hours after the call concludes and will be accessible on the Vitesse corporate web site or by calling 877.870.5176 (U.S. toll-free) or 858.384.5517 (International) and entering the passcode 5286628. The audio replay will be available for seven days.

About Vitesse

Vitesse (VTSS) designs a diverse portfolio of high-performance semiconductor solutions for Carrier, Enterprise and IoT networks worldwide. Vitesse products enable the fastest-growing network infrastructure markets including Mobile Access/IP Edge, Cloud Computing, SMB/SME Enterprise and IoT Networking. Visit www.vitesse.com or follow us on Twitter @VitesseSemi.

Vitesse is a trademark of Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation in the United States and other jurisdictions. All other trademarks or registered trademarks mentioned herein are the property of their respective holders.

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Cautions Regarding Forward Looking Statements

All statements included or incorporated by reference in this release and the related conference call for analysts and investors, other than statements or characterizations of historical fact, are forward-looking statements that are based on our current expectations, estimates and projections about our business and industry, management’s beliefs, and certain assumptions made by us, all of which are subject to change. Forward-looking statements can often be identified by words such as “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “predicts,” and similar terms, and variations or negatives of these words. Examples of forward-looking statements in this release include the Company’s financial outlook for its fourth quarter of fiscal year 2014, potential new markets for the Company's products and anticipated new product and total revenue growth. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and the Company’s actual results may differ significantly from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements. Factors and uncertainties that could affect the Company’s forward-looking statements include, among other things: identification of feasible new product initiatives, management of R&D efforts and the resulting successful development of new products and product platforms; acceptance by customers of the Company’s products; reliance on key suppliers; rapid technological change in the industries in which the Company operates; and competitive factors, including pricing pressures and the introduction by others of new products with similar or better functionality than the Company’s products. These and other risks are more fully described in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company’s most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, which should be read in conjunction herewith for a further discussion of important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Non-GAAP Measures

A non-GAAP financial measure is a numerical measure of a company’s performance, financial position, or cash flows that either excludes or includes amounts that are not normally excluded or included in the most directly comparable measure calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP. Non-GAAP measures are not in accordance with, nor are they a substitute for, GAAP measures. Other companies may use different non-GAAP measures and presentation of results.

We provide non-GAAP measures of non-GAAP operating expenses, non-GAAP income (loss) from operations and non-GAAP net income (loss) as a supplement to financial results based on GAAP operating expenses, GAAP income (loss) from operations and GAAP net income (loss). The Company believes that the additional non-GAAP measures are useful to investors for the purpose of financial analysis. We believe the presentation of non-GAAP measures provides investors with additional insight into underlying operating results and prospects for the future by excluding gains, losses and other charges that are considered by management to be outside of the Company’s core operating results. Management uses these measures internally to evaluate the Company’s in-period operating performance before taking into account these non-operating gains, losses and charges. In addition, the measures are used for planning and forecasting of the Company’s performance in future periods.

In deriving non-GAAP operating expenses from GAAP operating expenses, we exclude stock-based compensation charges and amortization of intangible assets. In deriving non-GAAP income (loss) from operations from GAAP income (loss) from operations, we exclude stock-based compensation charges and amortization of intangible assets. In deriving non-GAAP net income (loss) from GAAP net income (loss), we further exclude loss on extinguishment of debt and gain on the embedded derivative. Stock-based compensation charges, amortization of intangible assets, loss on extinguishment of debt, and gain on the embedded derivative represent charges that recur in amounts unrelated to the Company’s operations.

The non-GAAP financial measures we provide have certain limitations because they do not reflect all of the costs associated with the operation of our business as determined in accordance with GAAP. Non-GAAP operating expenses, non-GAAP income (loss) from operations and non-GAAP net income (loss) are in addition to, and are not a substitute for or superior to, operating expenses, income (loss) from operations and net income (loss), which are prepared in accordance with GAAP and may be different from non-GAAP measures used by other companies. A detailed reconciliation of the non-GAAP measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measure is set forth below. Investors are encouraged to review these reconciliations to appropriately incorporate the non-GAAP measures and the limitations of these measures into their analyses. For complete information on stock-based compensation, amortization of intangible assets, loss on extinguishment of debt, and the change in the fair value of our embedded derivatives, please see our Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2014 and Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2013.


VITESSE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

June 30, 2014 September 30, 2013
(in thousands, except par value)
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash $ 70,812 $ 68,863
Accounts receivable 10,101 9,807
Inventory, net 11,237 10,692
Restricted cash 793 101
Prepaid expenses and other current assets 2,175 1,796
Total current assets 95,118 91,259
Property, plant and equipment, net 2,944 3,107
Other intangible assets, net 1,569 1,170
Other assets 3,548 3,425
$ 103,179 $ 98,961
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable $ 7,693 $ 7,436
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities 12,060 12,245
Current portion of debt, net 32,375 —
Deferred revenue 3,030 2,215
Total current liabilities 55,158 21,896
Other long-term liabilities 470 407
Long-term debt, net 16,328 16,366
Convertible subordinated debt, net — 44,384
Total liabilities 71,956 83,053
Stockholders’ equity:
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value: 10,000 shares authorized; no shares issued or outstanding — —
Common stock, $0.01 par value: 250,000 shares authorized; 67,342 and 57,545 shares outstanding at June 30, 2014 and September 30, 2013, respectively 673 575
Additional paid-in-capital 1,922,468 1,891,661
Accumulated deficit (1,891,918 ) (1,876,328 )
Total stockholders’ equity 31,223 15,908
$ 103,179 $ 98,961




VITESSE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION

UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS


Three months ended June 30, Nine Months Ended June 30,
2014 2013 2014 2013
(in thousands, except per share data)
Net revenues:
Product revenues $ 26,012 $ 26,285 $ 75,744 $ 74,879
Intellectual property revenues 1,139 133 4,082 2,019
Net revenues 27,151 26,418 79,826 76,898
Costs and expenses:
Cost of product revenues 12,254 11,666 33,909 34,010
Engineering, research and development 10,006 11,706 31,581 31,987
Selling, general and administrative 7,330 7,257 23,189 22,617
Amortization of intangible assets 88 80 267 266
Costs and expenses 29,678 30,709 88,946 88,880
Loss from operations (2,527 ) (4,291 ) (9,120 ) (11,982 )
Other expense (income):
Interest expense, net 1,510 1,983 4,706 5,919
Gain on compound embedded derivative — — — (803 )
Loss on extinguishment of debt — — 1,594 —
Other expense, net 18 31 111 5
Other expense, net 1,528 2,014 6,411 5,121
Loss before income tax expense (benefit) (4,055 ) (6,305 ) (15,531 ) (17,103 )
Income tax expense (benefit) 333 129 59 (790 )
Net loss $ (4,388 ) $ (6,434 ) $ (15,590 ) $ (16,313 )

Net loss per common share - basic and diluted $ (0.07 ) $ (0.17 ) $ (0.27 ) $ (0.47 )
Weighted average common shares outstanding - basic and diluted 59,965 38,630 58,631 34,601



VITESSE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
UNAUDITED RECONCILIATION OF GAAP RESULTS TO NON-GAAP RESULTS

Three Months Ended June 30, Nine Months Ended June 30,
2014 2013 2014 2013
(in thousands, except per share data)
UNAUDITED RECONCILIATION OF GAAP NET LOSS TO NON-GAAP NET LOSS

GAAP net loss $ (4,388 ) $ (6,434 ) $ (15,590 ) $ (16,313 )

Adjustments:
Stock-based compensation charges 1,586 1,156 4,466 3,305
Amortization of intangible assets 88 80 267 266
Gain on compound embedded derivative — — — (803 )
Loss on extinguishment of debt — — 1,594 —
Total GAAP to non-GAAP adjustments 1,674 1,236 6,327 2,768

Non-GAAP net loss $ (2,714 ) $ (5,198 ) $ (9,263 ) $ (13,545 )

Net loss per common share - basic and diluted:
GAAP net loss per common share $ (0.07 ) $ (0.17 ) $ (0.27 ) $ (0.47 )
Adjustments 0.03 0.04 0.11 0.08
Non-GAAP net loss per common share $ (0.04 ) $ (0.13 ) $ (0.16 ) $ (0.39 )

UNAUDITED RECONCILIATION OF GAAP LOSS FROM OPERATIONS TO NON-GAAP LOSS FROM OPERATIONS

GAAP loss from operations $ (2,527 ) $ (4,291 ) $ (9,120 ) $ (11,982 )
Adjustments:
Stock-based compensation charges 1,586 1,156 4,466 3,305
Amortization of intangible assets 88 80 267 266
Total GAAP to non-GAAP adjustments 1,674 1,236 4,733 3,571

Non-GAAP loss from operations $ (853 ) $ (3,055 ) $ (4,387 ) $ (8,411 )

UNAUDITED RECONCILIATION OF GAAP OPERATING EXPENSES TO NON-GAAP OPERATING EXPENSES

GAAP operating expenses:
Engineering, research and development $ 10,006 $ 11,706 $ 31,581 $ 31,987
Selling, general and administrative 7,330 7,257 23,189 22,617
Amortization of intangible assets 88 80 267 266
Total GAAP operating expenses 17,424 19,043 55,037 54,870
Adjustments:
Stock-based compensation charges 1,376 995 3,847 2,846
Amortization of intangible assets 88 80 267 266
Total GAAP to non-GAAP adjustments 1,464 1,075 4,114 3,112

Non-GAAP operating expenses $ 15,960 $ 17,968 $ 50,923 $ 51,758







Contact:

Company Contact:
Vitesse Semiconductor
Marty McDermut, 1.805.388.3700
www.vitesse.com
[e-mail]
or
Agency Contact:
LHA
Kirsten Chapman, 1.415.433.3777
www.lhai.com
[e-mail]


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[DocLevi]

This cloud secure networking technology looks interesting, found $VTSS in last week's Barron's weekly on insider trades... I don't understand how the big cloud storage players could use it though... clueless... working on it... any help understanding would be fine.

http://news.yahoo.com/cloud-computing/
What is cloud computing? (answers.yahoo.com)

And last but not least, could this fit the Yahoo's CEO statement of getting into networking?

[ospreyeye]

VTSS Chart: MA(50) Breakout…….sweet chart players………$$$

[veena]

INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY NEVER END IN VITESSE

[veena]

USING TRANSITION TECHNOLOGY ON METRO IS ON GOOD CORNER

[trader2nv]

VTSS NEW 52 WEEK HIGH AND MORE!

Hello Everyone,

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[trader2nv]

VTSS CHART IS SCREAMING $5.00-$6.00

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The chart looks great and I can see VTSS hitting between $5.00-$6.00 by May.....

Whether you buy options or stock this is a winner!

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[Drmicrocap]

Vitesse Reports First Quarter Fiscal Year 2014 Results
Marketwired Vitesse Semiconductor
February 4, 2014 4:00 PM
CAMARILLO, CA--(Marketwired - Feb 4, 2014) - Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: VTSS)

Net revenues totaled $27.1 million including $2.2 million from intellectual property
Product gross margins improved 5.3% sequentially to 57.1%
New product revenue grew 81.5% year-to-year
Total indebtedness reduced with $13.7 million convertible debt repurchase
Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: VTSS), a leading provider of advanced IC solutions for Carrier and Enterprise networks, reported its financial results for the first quarter fiscal year 2014, ended December 31, 2013.

"We started strong in fiscal 2014, with net revenue of $27.1 million and exceeded our guidance for revenue, margins, and expenses," said Chris Gardner, CEO of Vitesse. "New products delivered $8.9 million in revenue and intellectual property revenues were $2.2 million. Total gross margin reached 60.6% due to overall product mix combined with cost improvements. Additionally, we amended the terms of our senior secured term loan and reduced our total debt by $13.7 million, providing flexibility for accelerating new product revenue growth and increasing stockholder value."

"We reiterate our financial goals for fiscal year 2014: to achieve non-GAAP operating profitability in the fiscal third quarter and to grow new product revenue to $55 million by year end."

"This quarter, we launched CEServices™, the industry's first field-proven, turnkey software solution for Carrier Ethernet service delivery. Already licensed by over 40 OEMs, CEServices fortifies our leading position in Ethernet-based ICs for 4G/LTE Mobile and Cloud Access for Carrier and Enterprise networks as well as creates access to adjacent markets, such as the Internet of Things."

First Quarter Fiscal Year 2014 Financial Results Summary

Total net revenue was $27.1 million, compared to $26.9 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2013 and $25.7 million in the first quarter of fiscal year 2013.
Product revenue was $24.9 million, compared to $26.5 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2013 and $23.9 million in the first quarter of fiscal year 2013.
The product lines contributed the following as a percentage of product revenue as compared to the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2013:
Carrier networking products: 52.1% versus 55.8%
Enterprise networking products: 47.3% versus 43.8%
Intellectual property revenue totaled $2.2 million, compared to $420,000 in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2013 and $1.8 million in the first quarter of fiscal year 2013.
Product margins were 57.1%, compared to 51.8% in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2013 and 54.1% in the first quarter of fiscal year 2013.
Operating expenses were $18.6 million, compared to $17.6 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2013 and $18.6 million in the first quarter of fiscal year 2013.
Operating loss was $2.2 million, compared to operating loss of $3.5 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2013 and operating loss of $3.8 million in the first quarter of fiscal year 2013.
Non-GAAP operating loss was $861,000, compared to non-GAAP operating loss of $2.3 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2013 and non-GAAP operating loss of $2.6 million in the first quarter of fiscal year 2013.
Net loss was $5.4 million, or $0.09 per basic and fully diluted share. This compares to net loss of $5.8 million, or $0.10 per basic and fully diluted share, in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2013, and net loss of $5.0 million, or $0.18 per basic and fully diluted share, in the first quarter of fiscal year 2013.
Non-GAAP net loss was $2.4 million, or $0.04 per basic and fully diluted share, compared to non-GAAP net loss of $4.6 million, or $0.08 per basic and fully diluted share, for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2013, and non-GAAP net loss of $4.6 million, or $0.16 per basic and fully diluted share, in the first quarter of fiscal year 2013.
Balance Sheet Data at Dec. 31, 2013 as Compared to Sept. 30, 2013
On Nov. 5, 2013, Vitesse strengthened its long-term working capital by amending its senior secured loan agreement and reducing total indebtedness by repurchasing $13.7 million of convertible second lien debentures.

Cash balance was $48.4 million, compared to $68.9 million.
Accounts receivable was $11.4 million, compared to $9.8 million.
Inventory was $12.5 million, compared to $10.7 million.
Financial Outlook
For the second quarter of fiscal year 2014, ending March 31, 2014, Vitesse expects revenue to be in the range of $25.0 million to $27.5 million and product margins to be between 55% and 57%. GAAP operating expenses are expected to be between $18.5 million and $19.5 million.

February 4, 2014 Conference Call Information
A conference call is scheduled for today, February 4, 2014, at 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time / 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time to report financial results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2014.

To listen to the conference call via telephone, dial 888.430.8705 (U.S. toll-free) or 719.325.2215 (International) and provide the passcode 6663122. Participants should dial in at least 10 minutes prior to the start of the call. To listen via the Internet, the webcast can be accessed through the investor section of the Vitesse corporate web site at www.vitesse.com.

The playback of the conference call will be available approximately two hours after the call concludes and will be accessible on the Vitesse corporate web site or by calling 877.870.5176 (U.S. toll-free) or 858.384.5517 (International) and entering the passcode 6663122. The audio replay will be available for seven days.

About Vitesse
Vitesse (NASDAQ: VTSS) designs a diverse portfolio of high-performance semiconductor solutions for Carrier and Enterprise networks worldwide. Vitesse products enable the fastest-growing network infrastructure markets including Mobile Access/IP Edge, Cloud Computing, SMB/SME Enterprise and IoT Networking. Visit www.vitesse.com or follow us on Twitter @VitesseSemi.

Vitesse is a registered trademark and CEServices is a trademark of Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation in the United States and other jurisdictions. All other trademarks or registered trademarks mentioned herein are the property of their respective holders.

VTSS-F

Cautions Regarding Forward Looking Statements
All statements included or incorporated by reference in this release and the related conference call for analysts and investors, other than statements or characterizations of historical fact, are forward-looking statements that are based on our current expectations, estimates and projections about our business and industry, management's beliefs, and certain assumptions made by us, all of which are subject to change. Forward-looking statements can often be identified by words such as "anticipates," "believes," "estimates," "expects," "intends," "plans," "predicts," and similar terms, and variations or negatives of these words. Examples of forward-looking statements in this release include the Company's financial outlook for its second fiscal quarter, first half and full year of fiscal 2014, projected revenues from new products and anticipated revenue growth. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and the Company's actual results may differ significantly from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements. Factors and uncertainties that could affect the Company's forward-looking statements include, among other things: identification of feasible new product initiatives, management of R&D efforts and the resulting successful development of new products and product platforms; acceptance by customers of the Company's products; reliance on key suppliers; rapid technological change in the industries in which the Company operates; and competitive factors, including pricing pressures and the introduction by others of new products with similar or better functionality than the Company's products. These and other risks are more fully described in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company's most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, which should be read in conjunction herewith for a further discussion of important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Non-GAAP Measures
A non-GAAP financial measure is a numerical measure of a company's performance, financial position, or cash flows that either excludes or includes amounts that are not normally excluded or included in the most directly comparable measure calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP. Non-GAAP measures are not in accordance with, nor are they a substitute for, GAAP measures. Other companies may use different non-GAAP measures and presentation of results.

We provide non-GAAP measures of non-GAAP operating expenses, non-GAAP income (loss) from operations and non-GAAP net income (loss) as a supplement to financial results based on GAAP operating expenses, GAAP income (loss) from operations and GAAP net income (loss). The Company believes that the additional non-GAAP measures are useful to investors for the purpose of financial analysis. We believe the presentation of non-GAAP measures provides investors with additional insight into underlying operating results and prospects for the future by excluding gains, losses and other charges that are considered by management to be outside of the Company's core operating results. Management uses these measures internally to evaluate the Company's in-period operating performance before taking into account these non-operating gains, losses and charges. In addition, the measures are used for planning and forecasting of the Company's performance in future periods.

In deriving non-GAAP operating expenses from GAAP operating expenses, we exclude stock-based compensation charges and amortization of intangible assets. In deriving non-GAAP income (loss) from operations from GAAP income (loss) from operations, we exclude stock-based compensation charges and amortization of intangible assets. In deriving non-GAAP net income (loss) from GAAP net income (loss), we further exclude loss on extinguishment of debt and gain on the embedded derivative. Stock-based compensation charges, amortization of intangible assets, loss on extinguishment of debt, and gain on the embedded derivative represent charges that recur in amounts unrelated to the Company's operations.

The non-GAAP financial measures we provide have certain limitations because they do not reflect all of the costs associated with the operation of our business as determined in accordance with GAAP. Non-GAAP operating expenses, Non-GAAP income (loss) from operations and Non-GAAP net income (loss) are in addition to, and are not a substitute for or superior to, operating expenses, income (loss) from operations and net income (loss), which are prepared in accordance with GAAP and may be different from non-GAAP measures used by other companies. A detailed reconciliation of the non-GAAP measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measure is set forth below. Investors are encouraged to review these reconciliations to appropriately incorporate the non-GAAP measures and the limitations of these measures into their analyses. For complete information on stock-based compensation, amortization of intangible assets, loss on extinguishment of debt, and the change in the fair value of our embedded derivatives, please see our Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended December 31, 2013 and Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2013.



VITESSE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

December 31, September 30,
2013 2013
(in thousands, except par value)
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash $ 48,355 $ 68,863
Accounts receivable, net 11,406 9,807
Inventory, net 12,544 10,692
Prepaid expenses and other current assets 2,946 1,897
Total current assets 75,251 91,259
Property, plant and equipment, net 3,559 3,107
Other intangible assets, net 1,169 1,170
Other assets 3,372 3,425
$ 83,351 $ 98,961
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable $ 9,449 $ 7,436
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities 11,422 12,245
Current portion of debt, net 31,694 -
Deferred revenue 2,728 2,215
Total current liabilities 55,293 21,896
Other long-term liabilities 374 407
Long-term debt, net 16,163 16,366
Convertible subordinated debt, net - 44,384
Total liabilities 71,830 83,053

Stockholders' equity:
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value: 10,000 shares authorized; no shares issued or outstanding
-
-
Common stock, $0.01 par value: 250,000 shares authorized; 57,829 and 57,545 shares outstanding at December 31, 2013 and September 30, 2013, respectively
578
575
Additional paid-in-capital 1,892,642 1,891,661
Accumulated deficit (1,881,699 ) (1,876,328 )
Total stockholders' equity 11,521 15,908
$ 83,351 $ 98,961



VITESSE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

Three Months Ended December 31,
2013 2012
(in thousands, except per share data)
Net revenues:
Product revenues $ 24,863 $ 23,905
Intellectual property revenues 2,220 1,822
Net revenues 27,083 25,727
Costs and expenses:
Cost of product revenues 10,676 10,975
Engineering, research and development 10,679 10,504
Selling, general and administrative 7,854 7,970
Amortization of intangible assets 88 97
Costs and expenses 29,297 29,546
Loss from operations (2,214 ) (3,819 )
Other expense (income) :
Interest expense, net 1,704 1,970
Gain on compound embedded derivative - (803 )
Loss on extinguishment of debt 1,594 -
Other expense (income), net 61 (31 )
Other expense, net 3,359 1,136
Loss before income tax (benefit) provision (5,573 ) (4,955 )
Income tax provision (benefit) (202 ) 77
Net loss $ (5,371 ) $ (5,032 )

Net loss per common share - basic and diluted $ (0.09 ) $ (0.18 )
Weighted average common shares outstanding - basic and diluted 57,610 28,059



VITESSE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
UNAUDITED RECONCILIATION OF GAAP RESULTS TO NON-GAAP RESULTS

Three Months Ended
December 31, 2013 December 31, 2012 September 30, 2013
(in thousands, except per share data)

UNAUDITED RECONCILIATION OF GAAP NET LOSS TO NON-GAAP NET LOSS

GAAP net loss $ (5,371 ) $ (5,032 ) $ (5,765 )

Adjustments:
Stock-based compensation charges 1,265 1,143 1,091
Amortization of intangible assets 88 97 81
Gain on compound embedded derivative - (803 ) -
Loss on extinguishment of debt 1,594 - -
Total GAAP to non-GAAP adjustments 2,947 437 1,172

Non-GAAP net loss $ (2,424 ) $ (4,595 ) $ (4,593 )

Net loss per common share - basic and diluted:
GAAP net loss per common share $ (0.09 ) $ (0.18 ) $ (0.10 )
Adjustments 0.05 0.02 0.02
Non-GAAP net loss per common share $ (0.04 ) $ (0.16 ) $ (0.08 )


UNAUDITED RECONCILIATION OF GAAP LOSS FROM OPERATIONS TO NON-GAAP LOSS FROM OPERATIONS

GAAP loss from operations $ (2,214 ) $ (3,819 ) $ (3,492 )
Adjustments:
Stock-based compensation charges 1,265 1,143 1,091
Amortization of intangible assets 88 97 81
Total GAAP to non-GAAP adjustments 1,353 1,240 1,172

Non-GAAP loss from operations $ (861 ) $ (2,579 ) $ (2,320 )


UNAUDITED RECONCILIATION OF GAAP OPERATING EXPENSES TO NON-GAAP OPERATING EXPENSES

GAAP operating expenses:
Engineering, research and development $ 10,679 $ 10,504 $ 9,940
Selling, general and administrative 7,854 7,970 7,593
Amortization of intangible assets 88 97 81
Total GAAP operating expenses 18,621 18,571 17,614
Adjustments:
Stock-based compensation charges 1,081 989 939
Amortization of intangible assets 88 97 81
Total GAAP to non-GAAP adjustments 1,169 1,086 1,020

Non-GAAP operating expenses $ 17,452 $ 17,485 $ 16,594


Contact:
Company
Marty McDermut
Vitesse Semiconductor
www.vitesse.com
+1.805.388.3700
[e-mail]

Agency
Becky Herrick
LHA
www.lhai.com
+1.415.433.3777
[e-mail]

[Drmicrocap]

Vitesse Schedules First Quarter Fiscal 2014 Earnings Call
Marketwired Vitesse Semiconductor
January 13, 2014 8:00 AM

CAMARILLO, CA--(Marketwired - Jan 13, 2014) - Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: VTSS), a leading provider of advanced IC solutions for Carrier and Enterprise networks, will conduct a conference call on Tuesday, February 4, 2014, at 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time / 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time to report financial results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2014.

To listen to the conference call via telephone, dial 888.430.8705 (U.S. toll-free) or 719.325.2215 (International) and provide the passcode 6663122. Participants should dial in at least 10 minutes prior to the start of the call. To listen via the Internet, the webcast can be accessed through the investor section of the Vitesse corporate web site at www.vitesse.com.

The playback of the conference call will be available approximately two hours after the call concludes and will be accessible on the Vitesse corporate web site or by calling 877.870.5176 (U.S. toll-free) or 858.384.5517 (International) and entering the passcode 6663122. The audio replay will be available for seven days.

About Vitesse
Vitesse (NASDAQ: VTSS) designs a diverse portfolio of high-performance semiconductor solutions for Carrier and Enterprise networks worldwide. Vitesse products enable the fastest-growing network infrastructure markets including Mobile Access/IP Edge, Cloud Computing, SMB/SME Enterprise and IoT Networking. Visit www.vitesse.com or follow us on Twitter @VitesseSemi.

Vitesse is a registered trademark of Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation in the United States and other jurisdictions. All other trademarks or registered trademarks mentioned herein are the property of their respective holders.

VTSS-F

Contact:
Company
Marty McDermut
Vitesse Semiconductor
www.vitesse.com
+1.805.388.3700
[e-mail]

Agency
Becky Herrick
LHA
www.lhai.com
+1.415.433.3777
[e-mail]

[Penny Roger$]

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[bjizzle]

WHATS UP?Was a big holder in the day before the split.Lay it out.

[KlausVT]

News - VTSS to relist on NASDAQ starting 3/2/2011

http://ih.advfn.com/p.php?pid=nmona&article=46651394&symbol=VTSS

Vitesse to List on NASDAQ Stock Exchange
Date : 02/28/2011 @ 8:00AM
Source : Business Wire
Stock : Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation (VTSS)
Quote : 5.04 0.0 (0.00%) @ 8:53AM

Vitesse to List on NASDAQ Stock Exchange
Vitesse Semicond (USOTC:VTSS)
Intraday Stock Chart

Today : Monday 28 February 2011
Click Here for more Vitesse Semicond Charts.

Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation (Pink Sheets: VTSS), a leading provider of advanced IC solutions for Carrier and Enterprise networking, today announced that its common shares have been approved for listing on the NASDAQ Global Market. The Company expects that its common stock will commence trading on NASDAQ on March 2, 2011 under the symbol “VTSS.” Until then, its shares will continue to be quoted on Pink Sheets under the symbol “VTSS.PK.”

About Vitesse

Vitesse designs, develops and markets a diverse portfolio of high-performance, cost-competitive semiconductor solutions for Carrier and Enterprise networks worldwide. Engineering excellence and dedicated customer service distinguish Vitesse as an industry leader in high-performance Ethernet LAN, WAN, and RAN, Ethernet-over-SONET/SDH, Optical Transport, and best-in-class Signal Integrity and Physical Layer products for Ethernet, Fibre Channel, Serial Attached SCSI, InfiniBand(R), Video, and PCI Express applications. Additional Company and product information is available at www.vitesse.com.

Vitesse is a registered trademark in the United States and/or other jurisdictions of Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation. All other trademarks or registered trademarks mentioned herein are the property of their respective holders.

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains "forward-looking statements" as described by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (as amended) that reflect the opinion of Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation and involve certain risks and uncertainties at the time of its release. Although the Company believes that its plans, intentions and expectations reflected in or suggested by these forward-looking statements are reasonable, the Company cannot assure you that it will achieve or realize these plans, intentions or expectations. All forward-looking statements attributable to the Company or any person acting on the Company’s behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement. The Company is under no duty or obligation to update any of the forward-looking statements after the date of this release.

[KlausVT]

Wonder whether this mornings price action is a reflection how well VTSS presentation at the Needham Conference went?!?

GLTA

[rstar]

really nice pincher set up here....

[emailjanum]

Not moving. Anything going on?

[HGS]

VTSS is another stock we are watching. It has managed to make some decent gains in the last three sessions and is testing resistance at $0.32. A break of this level could create a push to the next major level at $0.36 or even $0.40.

[KlausVT]

Massive buying since 2pm....

anyone having a clue what is going on?

[bluetide]

what in the wild wild world of stocks is going on here?...stumbled literally on to this and have been watching trying to figure out if this is the real deal...bought a few shares and doing DD after...anybody know much about this stock?

[Tina]

sold today for almost a double this morning from .21

now watch it go to a buck lol

[PINK TRADE]

look for this in google:
VITESSE SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. : MAKE 1000% OR I PAY YOU ANY LOSSES

[Tina]

Dear Valued Customer,

You elected to receive shareholder communications and submit voting instructions via the Internet. This e-mail contains information specific to your holding in the securities identified below.

Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Shareholder Meeting

2010 VITESSE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION is holding an Annual Meeting of Stockholders as follows:

MEETING DATE: May 11, 2010
For Holders as of: March 26, 2010
CUSIP NUMBER: 928497106
ACCOUNT NUMBER: *******



Additional supporting documentations can also be found at the following link(s):

Annual Report
http://www.vitesse.com/2010-annual-proxy
Proxy Statement
http://www.vitesse.com/2010-annual-proxy

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If you have any questions, please contact E*TRADE Securities at 1-800-786-2575.

[Sportsjunkie]

why- cause it is an effective way of taking advantage of most traders who use scan tools to check on volume and percentage increases...
than it looks like every few days they leave it alone to show the real volume that the stock is generating since they began this operation...
lets face it you gap it 2 cents and have strong volume than you get 2-3 million real volume on a 40 cent stock that shows 42 million shares traded and you just raised some serious money...

[Tina]

Wonder why?

There's been odd trading for some time and then flat

but not bad up from what .22 not long ago?

Do you know much about this company Sj?

[Sportsjunkie]

YOU CANT GO FROM 40 MILLION SHARES TRADED TO THIS,
THERE IS SOME SERIOUS WASHING AND PAINTING OF TAPE GOING ON HERE...

[Sportsjunkie]

man i thought spng use to paint the tape on their volume every,day
but this is ridiculous..

[zino]

http://seekingalpha.com/instablog/586413-vsuccessful/60584-vitesse-semiconductor-corp-make-1000-or-i-pay-you-any-losses

[zino]

thats 20 MILLION...wonder what they know ????

[zino]

http://www.otcmarkets.com/edgar/GetFilingHtml?FilingID=7104967
Lake Union Capital Management, LLC – 20,210,000
Lake Union Capital Fund, LP – 20,210,000

[pj McMulligan]

I added big to VTSS stacks today, very nice momentum over here~ GL to you! :)

[KlausVT]

That is still a fallout from the stock options scandal. They had to re-state all their financial for several years back and could not do that in time so became delinquent in their filings hence de-listed.

But now they're back on the path to uplisting. All financials are filed correctly with the SEC, and they have cleaned up their act by focusing on their core business and minimizing cost and are on the verge to be profitable again (IMHO).

They cleared out/restructured a lot of their imminent debt and set up the share structure for a reverse split (but a good one where the A/S is scaled as well, so no more dilution) to get the share price where it needs to be for uplisting (and that reverse split option was approved in a special share holders mtg a little while ago but the company has not acted on it yet).

This should just be a matter of time to take off eventually.

Disclosure: Long and strong

[Tina]

wonder if something's up?

Ive traded it a few times

odd trading volume at times

Yesterday I noticed it was getting some buying but today really stood out

[KlausVT]

And 3 huge block sales (2.5mio shares each)

[Tina]

it was delisted

Still a real company as far as pinks are concerned - just had a rough time I guess.

[zino]

why is this on pinks ?????

[Tina]

VTSS getting some love this morning! +16.11%

[KlausVT]

Analysis: Carrier Ethernet switch needs
Ron Wilson, Executive Editor - EDN
Thursday 11 February 2010 11:37

http://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/02/11/47987/analysis-carrier-ethernet-switch-needs.htm

The explosion of interest in Carrier Ethernet (CE) seems to be at the front of everyone's mind these days.

In case you haven't been following the networking market lately, the basic story is this: Just as wireless service providers and conventional telephone service providers decided to evolve from their legacy switched networks and synchronous rings into Internet-compatible packet networks, they were slammed by a coincidence of three massive trends: the explosion of data traffic in cellular networks, the allure of delivering high-definition television via IP packets to homes, and the rumor of a huge shift toward cloud computing.

The result for both wireless backhaul networks and the wired infrastructure behind all those DSL and cable connections was the same. The providers want a packet-based network with enormous bandwidth—like Enterprise Ethernet—but with all the features these providers had from their legacy networks.

These services include awareness of the service needs of each individual flow through the switch, multicast capability, carrier-class reliability and management functions, and support for precise timing. And of course the carriers want the ability to provide guaranteed quality of service for difficult media types like voice and HD video.

The answer to all these desires, the industry claims, is CE.

The next question is how to implement CE in a way that can be both fast and cheap. Service providers are blowing right past 40-Gbit switches and asking for 100-Gbit capability, but they are severely capital constrained.

The obvious solution is to start with an existing fast enterprise switch and enhance it to provide the additional services. But this runs into problems. If your enterprise switch relies on NPUs, you can simply add to the NPU software, but you will almost certainly run out of processing power long before you get all the new features in, even at low wire speeds. If your switch uses a dedicated ASSP or ASIC, the flexibility won't be there.

Either way, you will have to add an another ASIC or, more likely, an FPGA or two to the design, running up the BOM (bill of materials) cost, the power, and the design time. And, as Vitesse Semiconductor Director of CE Technology Morteza Ghodrat is quick to point out, adding more packet-processing sites to the design means adding more DRAMs and CAMs. Either you put duplicate memory chips around each chip, or you attempt some sort of shared-memory pool with the obvious complications.

That brings Ghodrat to his preferred solution: the three MAC (media-access controller) and switch chips Vitesse is announcing today. He argues that for both architectural and efficiency reasons, it is far better to recognize that all the CE services are related, and that they should be handled from a single architecture rather than distributed across multiple chips.

The new devices are the VSC7460 Jaguar CE Switch, the VSC7462 LynX CE Switch, and the VSC7364 CE-MaX-24 MAC/Switch. As you would expect from the preceding comments, the chips are ASSPs designed to bring the full range of CE functions to high-speed Ethernet switches.

Accordingly, each chip has a service-aware classifier that can manage up to 4k services, each with its own QoS treatment, DE marking, color, policing, OAM (operations, administration, and management), performance monitoring, and timing support via IEEE 1588v2.

The chips provide advanced QoS and MEF (Metro Ethernet Forum) policing based on a shared 32-Mbit buffer. In addition, there are statistics counters, Ethernet OAM for all 4k services, and support for 802.1ag, 802.3, Y.1731, and MEF-16 performance assurances.

The chips differ in CPU and I/O complements. The Jaguar has two 10G XAUI and two 10G VAUI ports on one side and 24 multifunction SGMII/SerDes/100Base-FX ports on the other. The LynX has just half as many of each. Both felines include a 400 MHz MIPS24KEc processor core.

The CE-MaX chip, intended operate in conjunction with an ASIC or FPGA, uses two XAUI ports and a host interface to attach to the other chip, and provides the full 24 SGMIIs plus two more XAUI ports downstream. The CE-MaX does not have an on-chip CPU. All three chips will be in 27x27-mm HSBGA packages, and all are scheduled to sample in the second quarter.

By Ron Wilson, Executive Editor - EDN

[Tina]

Sold the .225 position for .275

[Tina]

Vitesse Adds to Industry's Highest Performance Crosspoint Switch Family
Feb 2, 2010 8:01:00 AM
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New 11.3 Gbps High-speed Crosspoint Offers Industry's Most Advanced Features for Next-Generation Communication Systems

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- DESIGNCON 2010 -- Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation (Pink Sheets: VTSS) today added another innovation to its industry-leading signal integrity portfolio with the availability of the VSC3308, a new 8-port asynchronous crosspoint switch with enhanced FlexEQ(TM) signal equalization capabilities. Boasting the highest capacity in the industry's smallest footprint currently available, the VSC3308 is housed in a compact 10mm x 10mm footprint while enabling bandwidth upgrade by 75-percent over existing solutions. Whether building storage, server, router, or optical transport equipment, the device is ideal for converged platforms requiring next-generation data rates and protocols such as PCIe generation 3, 8G Fibre Channel, OTN, or 10, 40 and 100 Gigabit Ethernet.

"Blade servers, storage equipment and Carrier Ethernet applications are all converging at the 10 Gbps node, requiring high-performance signal integrity products to route, switch and clean up these signals at rates up to 11.3 Gbps," said Juan Garza, product marketing manager for Vitesse. "The VSC3308 builds on Vitesse's proven success in solving high-speed, signal integrity issues and enables customers to future-proof their systems for newer protocols rapidly moving towards production release."

Unique Feature Set

The combined functions of crosspoint switching and Vitesse's leading FlexEQ(TM) equalization technology make the VSC3308 a compact, highly cost-effective, low-power signal integrity tool useful wherever there are high-speed signals. Showcasing the range and depth of Vitesse's signal integrity portfolio, the VSC3308 incorporates a broadband, fully non-blocking and multicasting switch core with flexible fourth-generation equalization and pre-emphasis I/O capability. Offering maximum architectural flexibility in switching and routing connections, the device can perform compelling signal fan-out, loop-back and protection switching while also regenerating signals otherwise compromised by losses in the transmission medium. Vitesse's FlexEQ equalization capability works independently of the data rate, providing highly effective compensation for deterministic jitter across a wide range of operating conditions.

Capable of 11.3 Gbps per lane bandwidth, the VSC3308 includes detection/transmission of signal (LOS) providing native Out-of-Band (OOB) support of SAS/SATA storage protocols. This architecture also provides protocol transparent operation, thereby allowing each channel to run independently. Vitesse's VSC3308 supports a wide frequency range encompassing virtually all data protocols including Gigabit Ethernet, XAUI, Reduced XAUI (RXAUI), 10GBASE-KR, 1.5G/3G/6G SAS/SATA, 1G/2G/4G/8G/10G Fibre Channel, PCIe Gen 1/2/3 and InfiniBand(TM).

VSC3308 PCIe Reference Design

In addition to sample and evaluation board availability, Vitesse is introducing a complete PCIe reference design that can be implemented with the VSC3308 or previously announced VSC3316. The reference design provides a detailed implementation of the VSC3308 and VSC3316 in PCIe applications including Gen 1, 2 and 3 protocol accommodations. Vitesse will be demonstrating this reference design at DesignCon 2010. More information about this reference design is available on the VSC3308 product page found at http://www.vitesse.com/products/product.php?number=VSC3308.

Vitesse at DesignCon 2010

Vitesse will be demonstrating in booth #709 VSC3308 technology in PCIe applications at DesignCon 2010 the week of February 2-3, 2010, at the Santa Clara Convention Center. Also during the conference, Vitesse will present three technical papers: "Measurement Resolution and Accuracy for VScope(TM) Embedded Waveform Viewing Technology"; "Cu Cable Study at 10 GbE Data Rate Utilizing the Latest Technologies for Advanced Equalizers and Passive Cu Cable Assemblies to close on a 20m Link"; and "Technical Considerations in System Integration of EDC IC's in 8G Fibre Channel Applications." For session times and locations, please reference the DesignCon 2010 conference agenda available at http://www.designcon.com/2010.

World-Class Signal Integrity

Vitesse was first to introduce integrated signal equalization in crosspoints switches and now has nearly a decade of successful product developments and dozens of products in production. With the introduction of dual-time constant equalization, Vitesse's latest-generation FlexEQ technology enables a superior level of signal integrity engineering. FlexEQ equalization technology allows the system designer to compensate for multiple impairments in the signal path, such as connectors and cabling or skin effect and dielectric losses in PCB traces. FlexEQ also provides a significantly wider compensation range so a single device can be used in multiple applications, from PCB traces to backplanes to copper cabling. Learn more about FlexEQ at www.vitesse.com/flexeq.

Pricing and Availability

The VSC3308 operates on a single 2.5V supply with a typical per-channel power dissipation of 200mW and is available in a compact 10mm x 10mm, 69-pin PBGA package. The device is available for general sampling in March 2010 with volume pricing available upon request. More information on the VSC3308 can be found at http://www.vitesse.com/products/product.php?number=VSC3308.

About Vitesse

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 as an industry leader in Gigabit Ethernet LAN, Ethernet-over-SONET, Fibre Channel, Serial Attached SCSI, Optical Transport, and other applications. Additional company and product information is available at www.vitesse.com.

Vitesse is a registered trademark and FlexEQ and VScope are trademarks in the United States and/or other jurisdictions of Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation. All other trademarks or registered trademarks mentioned herein are the property of their respective holders.

Source: Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation


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Vitesse
Ronda Grech
+1.805.388.3700
[e-mail]

[frdmlover]

volume VTSS was only 646,202...?

What are you talking about 5 million? What'd I miss?

[FijiTrader]

5 Million in volume! Majority in the last 30 minutes? What's going on here, someone knows something. Lets hope history repeats itself today and we start a nice bounce up.

[Tina]

Vitesse Schedules Fiscal Year 2009 Earnings Call for December 14, 2009

Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation (Pink Sheets: VTSS) will conduct a conference call on Monday, December 14, 2009 at 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time/4:30 p.m. Eastern Time to report fiscal year 2009 results.

To listen to the conference call via telephone, dial 800-450-5178 (U.S. toll-free) or 706-679-6171 (International) and provide the passcode 43131353. Participants should dial in at least 10 minutes prior to the start of the call. To listen via the Internet, the webcast can be accessed through the Vitesse corporate web site at www.vitesse.com.

The playback of the conference call will be available approximately two hours after the call concludes and will be accessible on the Vitesse corporate web site or by calling 800-642-1687 (U.S. toll-free) or 706-645-9291 (International) and entering the passcode 43131353. The audio replay will be available for seven days.

About Vitesse

Vitesse designs, develops and markets a diverse portfolio of high-performance, cost-competitive semiconductor solutions for Carrier and Enterprise networks worldwide. Engineering excellence and dedicated customer service distinguish Vitesse as an industry leader in Gigabit Ethernet LAN, Ethernet-over-SONET, Fibre Channel, Serial Attached SCSI, Optical Transport, and other applications. Additional company and product information is available at www.vitesse.com.

Vitesse is a registered trademark in the United States and/or other jurisdictions of Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation. All other trademarks or registered trademarks mentioned herein are the property of their respective holders.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This press release contains “forward-looking statements” as described by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (as amended) that reflects the opinion of Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation and involves certain risks and uncertainties at the time of its release.

[syracuseo]

Lol....great proprietary news and some are selling into the news??

Need to get some traction....should be .30+ on this great news....IMO.....

[Tina]

Vitesse Enables Breakthrough Migration of Legacy Fibre Channel Storage Hardware to 8G
Nov 16, 2009 8:00:00 AM


Cements Electronic Dispersion Compensation (EDC) Leadership with Introduction and Deployment of FlexEQ(TM) technology into Legacy Blade Server and Storage Platforms

CAMARILLO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation (Pink Sheets: VTSS.PK) today announced the performance-leading VSC8238-02 EDC clock and data recovery (CDR) device, the newest member of its family of integrated circuits featuring Vitesse's FlexEQ(TM) Electronic Dispersion Compensation (EDC) technology. Delivering the most powerful signal integrity solution available on the market today, the VSC8238-02 is the industry's only solution to meet the challenges of transmitting and recovering 8G Fibre Channel data in lossy legacy blade server backplanes and host bus adapters (HBA). Additionally, the VSC8238-02 is backward compatible with 2G and 4G Fibre Channel for legacy backplane data rate upgrades.

With growing acceptance of Internet Protocol Television (IPTV), Video on Demand (VoD), Remote Data Storage, and Server Virtualization, data centers are doubling or quadrupling switching speed and data delivery by moving HBAs and blade servers to 8G Fibre Channel from 2G and 4G. The superior performance of Vitesse's FlexEQ technology in the VSC8238-02 allows this upgrade at both the switch and HBA ends with high confidence of first-pass design success and wide performance margins resulting in quick time-to-market and less equipment downtime once deployed.

"Vitesse's VSC8238-02 EDC CDR solution is taking the migration of legacy Fibre Channel storage hardware to a new level," said Gary Paules, product marketing manager for Vitesse. "As the need to overcome bandwidth demands on the data center grows increasingly common, the ability to double or quadruple the data rate quickly and cost-efficiently has become imperative. Our new device provides field-proven 8G operation with unique backward compatibility to effectively address this critical technical challenge for the first time."

Legacy Upgrades Made Easy

The world's first production device to exceed the IEEE Long Range Multimode (LRM) requirement of 220m, Vitesse's VSC8238 has dominated production X2 LRM shipments since its initial module qualification in 2006. Incorporating sophisticated feed-forward equalization (FFE) and decision feedback equalization (DFE) architecture, the VSC8238 has defined and embodied superior performance margins in excess of 3dB in relation to all LRM standard requirements. Now, the same performance advantages seen in optical transport applications are being applied to electrical backplane upgrades that are underway in many systems: 4G to 8G in Fibre Channel; 3G XAUI to 10G Ethernet; and 5G DDR to 10G QDR in Infiniband.

The upgrades of legacy hardware all must overcome high insertion losses, excessive signal crosstalk, degraded signal to noise ratios, and significant signal reflections due to lossy printed circuit boards and subrate connectors. The adaptive nature of the VSC8238-02 FlexEQ architecture allows it to compensate for widely disparate channels unlike simpler equalizer devices and operate in very poor noise environments below 20dB Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR). The highly linear input Automatic Gain Control (AGC) provides a constant signal level to the equalizer independent of the channel loss that can vary greatly from channel-to-channel and from one chassis generation to the next. The device provides in excess of 5UI of correction to resolve high-level signal reflections that can occur on the shorter channels of legacy platforms. Unlike DSP-based solutions, the VSC8238-02 minimizes system latency critical to data center and storage applications.

Auto-Negotiation Capability: Delivered

In addition to supporting the data rate increase in a legacy low speed platform, the need to continue supporting lower data rates is a critical requirement. Vitesse, together with QLogic and Emulex, both leading suppliers of high-performance network infrastructure solutions, have overcome this very challenging auto-negotiation requirement via firmware development. As a result, the VSC8238-02 supports 2G, 4G, and 8G traffic with convergence times of 50ms, well within the stringent 150ms Fibre Channel requirement.

"Vitesse's VSC8238-02 EDC solution, together with QLogic's 8G Fibre Channel adapters, will enable storage vendors to quickly and cost-effectively migrate legacy 2G and 4G Fibre Channel systems to 8G," said Satish Lakshmanan, director of product marketing, Host Solutions Group, QLogic. "This solution enables our customer base to respond rapidly to increasing storage demands and maintain superior performance in virtualized environments with minimal impact to existing infrastructure."

"Vitesse collaborated closely with Emulex to ensure the transparent integration of the Vitesse's VSC8238-02 EDC product with Emulex's recently announced LightPulse(R) 8G Fibre Channel HBA CIOv Expansion Card," said Clay Glenn, director of product marketing, Emulex Corporation. "In addition to enabling 8G Fibre Channel operation on legacy server platforms, Emulex's collaboration with Vitesse allows Emulex 8G HBAs to support the stringent auto-negotiation requirements for 2G and 4G Fibre Channel operation, thus providing a seamless migration path for the equipment user."

Availability and Pricing

The VSC8238XKP-02 is production released. Volume pricing is available upon request.

About Vitesse

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 as an industry leader in Gigabit Ethernet, Ethernet-over-SONET, Optical Transport, and other applications. Additional company and product information is available at www.vitesse.com.

Vitesse is a registered trademark and FlexEQ is a trademark in the United States and/or other jurisdictions of Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation. All other trademarks or registered trademarks mentioned herein are the property of their respective holders.

Source: Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation


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Vitesse
Ronda Grech
805-388-3700
[e-mail]

[laurap]

why didn't you post it?

not my best hour, 8am est, on the left coast? and

i figure anybody that needs to know gets the news on their phone, on their tweet, from their broker, from ihub, from google....

oh well...

nice news...:)

[Tina]

VTSS News!!!


FiberHome Selects Vitesse Carrier Ethernet Chipset for FonsWeaver ASON Platforms

* Press Release
* Source: Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation
* On 8:00 am EST, Tuesday November 10, 2009

CAMARILLO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation (Pink Sheets: VTSS - News) today announced that FiberHome Technologies, a global provider of networking infrastructure solutions, has selected Vitesse’s Carrier Ethernet chipset for its FonsWeaver ASON line of Multi-Service Transport Platforms, providing highly-intelligent, cost-effective Ethernet services in metro and backbone networks.

The Vitesse Carrier Ethernet solution for FiberHome is comprised of its multi-channel Ethernet Media Access Controllers (MACs) with integrated SerDes and advanced Quality of Service (QoS) and its industry-leading Ethernet-over-SONET/SDH (EoS) Mappers with extensive performance monitoring features. Using Vitesse’s Carrier Ethernet transport solutions, FiberHome will enable telecom service providers to carry diversified services with high reliability and availability. The solutions facilitate Carrier-class metro Ethernet-over-SDH networks, supporting full rate Ethernet services such as 10 Gigabit Ethernet and Fast Ethernet/Gigabit Ethernet.

“Vitesse’s advanced Carrier Ethernet chipset is one of the elements powering FiberHome’s FonsWeaver ASON solution, a family of products and services that provide network operators with maximum flexibility in the ever-changing network service mix faced with increasing capacity demands,” said Mr. Zhang Fan, project manager at FiberHome. “Vitesse enables us to deliver a proven solution with industry-leading performance for a compelling packet optical transport platform that cost effectively meets our customers’ exacting requirements.”

Vitesse offers the industry’s only Ethernet MAC devices supporting both Gigabit Ethernet and 10 Gigabit Ethernet aggregation, enabling statistical multiplexing of bandwidth and efficient bandwidth sharing. In addition, Vitesse’s EoS Mappers support both high order (HO) and low order (LO) Virtual Concatenation (VCAT) and Link Capacity Adjustment Scheme (LCAS) for automatic and rapid end-to-end re-provisioning of precious network resources. Learn more about Vitesse’s Carrier Ethernet solutions at www.vitesse.com/ce.

“Vitesse is playing a central role in the creation of leading-edge technology critical to making Carrier Ethernet ubiquitous throughout the metro and backbone networks,” said Andy Ebert, senior product manager for Vitesse. “FiberHome’s FonsWeaver ASON line is a robust solution that delivers an exceptional experience for the end-user. It exemplifies how our technology can be used.”

About FiberHome Technologies

FiberHome Technologies is an outstanding product and solution provider for information and telecommunication. FiberHome Technologies traces its heritage to “Wuhan Research Institute of Posts and Telecommunications (WRI).” Established as early as 1974, WRI is well-known as the cradle of optical communication technology in China. Starting with R&D in the field of optical communications, FiberHome Technologies has evolved into a major Telecom Industrial House, providing total solution in the field of fiber-optic communication, data networking and wireless communication in China over the last 30 years. The range of products, telecom application solutions it can offer and the global customers who have continued their reliance bears testimony of its leadership. For more information, please visit www.fiberhomegroup.com.

About Vitesse

Vitesse designs, develops, and markets a diverse portfolio of high-performance, cost-competitive semiconductor solutions for Carrier and Enterprise networks worldwide. Engineering excellence and dedicated customer service distinguish Vitesse as an industry leader in Gigabit Ethernet Ethernet-over-SONET, Optical Transport, and other applications. Additional company and product information is available at www.vitesse.com.

Vitesse is a registered trademark in the United States and/or other jurisdictions of Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation. All other trademarks or registered trademarks mentioned herein are the property of their respective holders.

Contact:

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[Tina]

ugh missed a lot today

why didn't you post it?