Vitesse Named to the SCSI Trade Association Board of Directors

    Business Editors

    CAMARILLO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 25, 2005--Vitesse Semiconductor Corp. (NASDAQ:VTSS), a leader in developing and supporting industry technical standards, today announced that David Allen, director, strategic marketing, Storage Products Division, has been elected to SCSI Trade Association (STA) Board of Directors. STA is an organization whose goal is the development and advancement of SAS technology solutions and interoperability standards. Allen becomes the first Vitesse employee elected to the STA board, and will assist the membership in guiding the future of Serial Attach SCSI (SAS) technology and standards.
    "Vitesse is a valued member of the SAS community and a proven leader in storage industry silicon solutions. David's expertise in storage will be an asset to the STA, and illustrates Vitesse's continued commitment to SAS," said Bob Cutter, vice president and general manager, Storage Products Division, at Vitesse.
    "Vitesse has long been a key player in the advancement of storage industry standards. We continue to help evolve storage interface technologies as industry requirements change," said Allen. "I am honored to be a member of this board, and will strive to promote SAS in the industry as defined by the STA."
    Since 2004, Allen has been responsible for strategic product planning and business development for the Storage Products Division of Vitesse. He has been a member of and active participant in the ANSI T10 and T11 standards organizations since 1994, and has previously served on the Fibre Channel Industry Association (FCIA) board of directors.

    About the Storage Products Division

    For over two decades, the Storage Products Division at Vitesse has delivered state-of-the-art IC solutions for enterprise storage and storage networking applications. With emphasis on the development of advanced disk array intelligence, high-performance interconnect, and enclosure management devices for Fibre Channel, Serial Attached SCSI, and Serial ATA, the Vitesse portfolio stands second to none for enterprise applications. Vitesse components are used in a wide array of products from industry leading OEMs including Adaptec, Brocade, Dell Computer, EMC, Emulex, Hewlett-Packard, Hitachi Data Systems, IBM, Engenio Information Technologies, Sun Microsystems, and others.

    About Vitesse

    Vitesse designs, develops, and markets a diverse portfolio of high-performance, cost-competitive semiconductor solutions for communications and storage networks worldwide. Engineering excellence and dedicated customer service distinguish Vitesse as an industry leader in Gigabit Ethernet LAN, Ethernet-over-SONET, Advanced Switching, Fibre Channel, Serial Attached SCSI, 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.

    Note to editors: Additional technical information about SAS is available at:

Vitesse SAS Technology Center: www.vitesse.com/nexsas SCSI Trade Association: http://www.scsita.org

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CONTACT: Vitesse Semiconductor Corp. Ronda Grech, 805-445-2255 rondag@vitesse.com

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