Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: VTSS), a leading provider of advanced IC solutions for Carrier and Enterprise networks, will participate in the Roth Capital Partners' 24th Annual Conference in Dana Point, Calif., March 11-14, 2012.

The presentation time and audio web cast details will be made available for the financial community and investors on the investor section of Vitesse's corporate website at www.vitesse.com.

About Vitesse

Vitesse designs, develops and markets a diverse portfolio of high-performance, cost-competitive semiconductor solutions for Carrier and Enterprise networks worldwide. Engineering excellence and dedicated customer service distinguish Vitesse as an industry leader in high-performance Ethernet LAN, WAN, and RAN, Ethernet-over-SONET/SDH, Optical Transport, and best-in-class Signal Integrity and Physical Layer products for Ethernet, Fibre Channel, Serial Attached SCSI, InfiniBand(R), Video, and PCI Express 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.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains "forward-looking statements" as described by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (as amended) that reflect the opinion of Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation and involve certain risks and uncertainties at the time of its release.

Vitesse
Marty McDermut, +1-805-388-3700
or
The Abernathy MacGregor Group
Amy Feng, +1-213-630-6550