Vitesse Semiconductor was a fabless American semiconductor company based in Camarillo, California, which developed high-performance Ethernet integrated circuits solutions for Carrier, Enterprise networks. On March 18, 2015, Microsemi Corporation and Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation jointly announced that Microsemi would acquire Vitesse. The acquisition closed on April 28, 2015.[1] Microchip Technology acquired Microsemi on May 29, 2018.[2]
Corporate history
Vitesse was founded by Dr. Alfred S. Joseph, 1984, as Vitesse Electronics Corporation. Its founders came out of Rockwell International and were funded $30 million from the Norton corporation. Dr. Joseph later raised venture capital from Sequoia Capital and New Enterprise Associates. Vitesse later changed its name to Vitesse Semiconductor in 1987. It became a public company, with its 1991 initial public offering.