Vitesse Names Martin Nuss as Vice President, Technology and Strategy

Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation (Pink Sheets:VTSS) today announced that Martin Nuss, Ph.D., has joined the Company as vice president, technology and strategy. "Martin joins Vitesse as we embark upon our new strategic direction and sharpen our ability to address our most important market opportunities,” said Christopher R. Gardner, chief executive officer of Vitesse. "In order to take the next steps in strengthening the Company, it is imperative that we add to our leadership team an expert with extensive knowledge of the network equipment provider market. Martin has an impressive track record in creating innovative products and technology. We welcome him to the Vitesse team.” In this newly created role, Mr. Nuss will be responsible for identifying markets and technologies that leverage Vitesse’s technical assets and ingenuity, for creating product roadmaps, and for identifying new solutions platforms that can further the Company’s growth and profitability. Vitesse is focused on two major integrated-circuit markets that represent a total market of nearly $3 billion: Metro and Core Carrier Networking and Ethernet Switching and Networking. Mr. Nuss, who reports to Mr. Gardner, has more than 20 years of technical and management experience. Most recently, as chief technology officer of Ciena’s Optical Ethernet group, he led the successful integration of the products and technology acquired from Internet Photonics. Prior to Ciena’s acquisition of the company, he was founder and CTO of Internet Photonics. He also served 15 years at Bell Labs in various technical and management roles including director of the Optical Data Networks Research Department, where he was responsible for research on Lucent’s 10 Gigabit Multimode Fiber and innovations in the 10 GbE Metro Networking space. He is a Fellow of the Optical Society of America and a member of IEEE. Mr. Nuss holds a doctorate in applied physics from the Technical University in Munich, Germany. About Vitesse Vitesse designs, develops and markets a diverse portfolio of high-performance, cost-competitive semiconductor solutions that leverage the convergence of networking technologies. 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. Safe Harbor Statements made in this release that are not historical facts are "forward-looking” statements (as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995) that involve risks and uncertainties and are subject to change at any time. These forward-looking statements may include, but are not limited to, statements containing words such as "anticipate,” "believe,” "plan,” "estimate,” "expect,” "hope,” "intend,” and similar expressions. Factors that could cause actual results to differ are identified in the public filings made by Vitesse with the Securities and Exchange Commission and include the fact that we have disclosed that you should not rely upon our published financial statements and the fact that we have not filed all of our reports required by the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. More information on factors that could affect our business and financial results are included in our public filings made with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which are available on the web site of the Securities and Exchange Commission, www.sec.gov. The forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that are, in some cases, beyond our control. We caution investors that any forward-looking statements made by us are not guarantees of future performance. We disclaim any obligation to update any such factors or to announce publicly the results of any revisions to any of the forward-looking statements to reflect future events or developments.