Vitesse Announces Date and Time of Public Call to Update Shareholders on the Status of the Company

The call is scheduled at 1:00 p.m. PDT on Thursday, July 27, 2006.An archive of the conference call will be available via the Company'sWeb site at http://www.vitesse.com. An audio replay of the call willbe available until midnight on August 3, 2006, and can be accessed byclicking on the link that will be placed on the Company's Home page atwww.vitesse.com. A written transcript will be available on July 28,2006, upon written request to sdrew@vitesse.com.
Call Details:

Date: Thursday, July 27, 2006
Time: 1 p.m. PDT
Dial In #: 800-450-5178
Call Topic: Shareholder Call
Conference ID: 2965868

Process for All Dial-In Participants of the Call:

1) Dial 1-800-450-5178.

2) You will be asked for the Call Topic (respond with "Shareholder
Call") or the Conference ID number (which is 2965868).

3) You will be asked to provide your name (please provide your first
and last name).

4) You will be placed into the call.

About Vitesse

Vitesse designs, develops and markets a diverse portfolio ofhigh-performance, cost-competitive semiconductor solutions forcommunications and storage networks worldwide. Engineering excellenceand dedicated customer service distinguish Vitesse as an industryleader in Gigabit Ethernet LAN, Ethernet-over-SONET, AdvancedSwitching, Fibre Channel, Serial Attached SCSI, Optical Transport, andother applications. Vitesse innovation empowers customers to deliversuperior products for Enterprise, Access, Metro, and Coreapplications. Additional company and product information is availableat www.vitesse.com.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This press release contains "forward-looking statements" asdescribed by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (asamended) that reflects the opinion of Vitesse SemiconductorCorporation and involves certain risks and uncertainties at the timeof its release.

If you have any questions or comments, please contact Sharon Drew,General Counsel for Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation at 805-388-3700.