Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: VTSS), LeCroy Corporation and Wild River Technology will present a jointly prepared paper titled "A Robust method for Addressing 12Gbpsec Interoperability for High-Loss and Crosstalk Aggressed Channels," at DesignCon 2012 at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, Calif., on Tuesday, January 31, 2012, at 2:00 p.m. local time.

During the session, engineers involved with signal integrity design and backplane characterization with system interoperability issues related to crosstalk and channel loss will learn about a new methodology, which will be demonstrated on 10.7 Gbps measured systems. It involves synthesizing a perfect SerDes architecture, simulating responses with a host of pathological channels using S-parameter models, and then performing a final co-verification using internal eye monitoring metrics.

"As data rates increase, high speed serial channels are stressed by more than just excessive losses," said Dr. Eric Bogatin, president of Bogatin Enterprises. "They are also stressed by channel-to-channel cross talk. The challenge is integrating cross talk pathology into serial link analysis. Our DesignCon presentation will outline a solution to this problem."

Coauthored by James Bell and Al Neves of Wild River Technology, Alan Blankman from LeCroy Corporation, Eric Bogatin, founder of Bogatin Enterprises, and Martin Spadaro and George Noh of Vitesse, the paper will be presented by Messrs. Spadaro, Blankman and Neves.

DesignCon is an annual conference on product technologies, design methodologies, and EDA software, with a focus on system-on-chip design. For additional information: www.designcon.com.

About LeCroy

LeCroy Corporation is a worldwide leader in serial data test solutions, creating advanced instruments that drive product innovation by quickly measuring, analyzing, and verifying complex electronic signals. The Company offers high-performance oscilloscopes, serial data analyzers, and global communications protocol test solutions used by design engineers in the computer and semiconductor, data storage device, automotive and industrial, and military and aerospace markets. LeCroy's 48-year heritage of technical innovation is the foundation for its recognized leadership in "WaveShape Analysis" - capturing, viewing, and measuring the high-speed signals that drive today's information and communications technologies. LeCroy is headquartered in Chestnut Ridge, New York. Company information is available at www.lecroy.com.

About Wild River Technology

Wild River Technology is a company conceived by a small, but dedicated cadre of engineering folks who intimately understand the everyday challenges of the signal integrity practitioner. Our marketing and product concepts are born by practical experience in years of working in high-speed design environments, where our focused and reasonably cost products are supported by aggressive customer support. We are dedicated to the art of superb signal integrity practice. Company information is available at www.wildrivertech.com.

About Bogatin Enterprises

Training from Bogatin Enterprises teaches how to turn complex signal integrity problems into practical design solutions. We accelerate engineers up the learning curve by strengthening engineering intuition. Our classes illustrate how analysis and measurement tools can be used to quickly and efficiently solve signal integrity problems. The design methodology we teach emphasizes eliminating problems by identifying their root cause and designing them out early in the design cycle. Analysis techniques are applied to balance the cost performance tradeoffs. Risk can be reduced by leveraging simulation tools and measurement using TDR and VNA instruments. For 20 years, Bogatin Enterprises has been setting the standard for signal integrity training. Company information is available at www.beTheSignal.com.

About Vitesse

Vitesse designs, develops and markets a diverse portfolio of high-performance, cost-competitive semiconductor solutions for Carrier and Enterprise Ethernet networks worldwide. 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 of Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation in the United States and other jurisdictions. All other trademarks or registered trademarks mentioned herein are the property of their respective holders.

Vitesse
Ronda Grech, +1.805.388.3700
pressrelations@vitesse.com
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LeCroy Corporation
Alan Blankman, +1.845.578.4412
Alan.Blankman@lecroy.com
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Wild River Technology
Al Neves, +1.503.679.2429
al@wildrivertech.com