Technology: Vitesse Carrier Ethernet Chipset selected for NEC-gen platform

Las Vegas (BUSINESS WIRE) - Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation (Pink Sheets:VTSS) today announced that NEC Corporation, a leader in the optical communications market, has selected Vitesse's Carrier Ethernet chipset to power its "SpectralWave UN5000"

Multi-Service Platform. NEC's SpectralWave UN5000 is equipped with a 40 Gbps interface, 320 Gbps large-capacity cross-connect function, a Link Capacity Adjustment Scheme (LCAS), and a Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switch (GMPLS).
Using Vitesse's Carrier Ethernet transport solution, NEC will enable telecom service providers to build converged, high-capacity core and metro networks.

"NEC's network systems have been widely adopted by customers looking to build the next-generation transport networks to enable new packet-based?services such as IPTV," said Nobuhiro Kawahara senior expert Optical Network Division at NEC.
"Vitesse's Carrier Ethernet chipset provided the highest performance and most feature-rich solution for NEC."

The Vitesse Carrier Ethernet solution for NEC comprises 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) PHYs, multi-channel Ethernet Media Access Controllers (MACs), Ethernet-over-SONET (EoS) Mappers and Time Slot Interchange switches. The combined chipset incorporates expertise ranging from high-performance physical layer to high-speed switching components.

"As a market leader in Carrier-class Ethernet transport, aggregation and switching solutions, Vitesse brings a complete and robust chipset solution that enables Ethernet service delivery over any transport medium while meeting OEM needs for performance and quality of service," said Tony Conoscenti, vice president of product marketing, for Vitesse. "Our highly integrated solutions for the new, converged network allow customers to reduce time-to-market, retain architectural flexibility and maximize their return on investment."

About NEC Corporation

NEC Corporation is one of the world's leading providers of Internet broadband network and enterprise business solutions dedicated to meeting the specialized needs of its diverse and global base of customers. NEC delivers tailored solutions in the key fields of computer networking and electron devices, by integrating its technical strengths in IT and Networks and by providing advanced semiconductor solutions through NEC Electronics Corporation. The NEC Group employs more than 150,000 people worldwide. For additional information please visit the NEC home page at: http://www.nec.com

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, Optical Transport, and other applications. Vitesse innovation empowers customers to deliver superior products for Enterprise, Access, Metro, and Core 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.

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Ronda Grech, +1.805.445.2255 rondag@vitesse.com

Technology: Vitesse G-RocX enables CyberTAN to deliver home-gateways

Vitesse G-RocX(TM) SoC enables CyberTAN to deliver industry's first production-level home-gateways for the Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) market the VSC7501 device is optimized for gigabit EPON residential gateway designs needing carrier-class services

Taipei, Taiwan (BUSINESS WIRE) - To deliver the industry's first production-level EPON FTTH Residential Gateway, CyberTAN, a leading Taiwanese original design manufacturer (ODM) of broadband networking equipment, is using Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation's (Pink Sheets: VTSS) G-RocX Gigabit Router system-on-a-chip (SoC).

Vitesse has simplified the ODM's development effort by providing the industry's most highly optimized solution that integrates a central processing unit (CPU) with Gigabit Ethernet switch and voltage-mode PHY technology into a single chip. The low-power SoC provides the performance needed to support triple-play networking service while simultaneously lowering overall bill of material (BOM) costs.

Vitesse's G-RocX VSC7501 provides Gigabit LAN connectivity, including Gigabit Ethernet system performance and Quality of Service (QoS) technology, for Home Residential Gateways. This allows CyberTAN to quickly develop its family of high-performance gateways that meet the carrier-class video, data and voice delivery requirements of the FTTH market.

Vitesse is the first IC provider to achieve integration of a full-featured, six port Gigabit Ethernet switch with a high-performance router engine. The device includes triple speed 10/100/1000 Mbps copper PHY ports, line-side termination resistors, a router engine with a custom Hardware Network Address Translation (HNAT), a UART, two USB 2.0 interfaces, and a PCI port. The enhanced triple play experience is delivered through a Gigabit Ethernet WAN port. This connection provides optimal bandwidth to the home network, thus improving the quality of time-sensitive applications running in parallel, such as the concurrent delivery of Voice over IP (VoIP), data services, IPTV, HDTV, Video on Demand (VoD) and online gaming applications.

The custom HNAT, which offloads packet header extraction, SIP, ARP, and session table search, enables full Gigabit per second line rate routing.

This high-performance router engine architecture significantly offloads software drivers and accelerates the delivery of wired and wireless Ethernet packets. G-RocX delivers a highly integrated SoC at less than 3 Watts enabling the removal of heat dissipating fans and the use of less expensive plastic housings further contributing to a lower system BOM.

"Service providers today are looking for ways to capture lucrative revenue opportunities from triple play services.

Vitesse's highly integrated G-RocX host CPU architecture provides our ODM customers with a feature-rich, cost-optimized solution that meets Carrier residential gateway needs," said Brian Jaroszewski, senior product marketing manager at Vitesse.

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, Optical Transport, and other applications. Vitesse innovation empowers customers to deliver superior products for Enterprise, Access, Metro, and Core applications. Additional company and product information is available at www.vitesse.com.

Vitesse is a registered trademark and G-RocX 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.

Vitesse Ronda Grech, +1-805-388-3700 pressrelations@vitesse.com