Vitesse Discusses How SAS and SATA Impact the Future of Enterprise Storage

Business Wire, June 28, 2004

CAMARILLO, Calif. -- Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ:VTSS), a leader in enterprise storage ICs, today announced it is presenting at the fourth annual Storage World Conference 2004. For over 10 years, Vitesse has been an industry authority on storage and will share with attendees how Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) and Serial ATA (SATA) will be manifested in upcoming generations of enterprise storage systems.

Storage networking professionals will learn about the differentiations in capabilities and functionality of each technology, adoption trends, and deployment of SAS and SATA architectures. Attendees will come away with a thorough understanding of these high-value, serial-based standards, and how best to deploy them in their organization.

Vitesse will present on Tuesday, June 29, 2004. The session begins at 2:00 p.m. in room 201A/B, Long Beach Convention Center. Representing Vitesse is Scott Richmond, storage product architect.

About the Storage Products Division

For over a decade, Vitesse has delivered state-of-the-art IC solutions for enterprise storage and storage networking applications focusing on high-performance interconnect, and enclosure management devices for Fibre Channel, Serial Attached SCSI (SAS), and Serial ATA (SATA). Vitesse provides the broadest market offering for enterprise storage applications.

Vitesse components are used in an extensive array of products from industry leading OEMs including Adaptec, Brocade, Dell Computer, EMC, Emulex, Hewlett-Packard, Hitachi Data Systems, IBM, Engenio Information Technology, Sun Microsystems, and others.

About Vitesse

Vitesse is a leading designer and manufacturer of innovative silicon solutions and optical devices used in networking, communications, and storage industries worldwide. Vitesse works to specifically address the requirements of system designers and OEMs by providing high-performance, integrated products that are ideally suited for use in Enterprise, Access, Metro, and Core applications. Additional company and product information is available at www.vitesse.com.

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