[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: VTSS), a leading provider of advanced IC solutions for Carrier and Enterprise networks, expanded its Serval™ Carrier Ethernet Switch Engine portfolio with Serval-2™ (VSC7438), the industry's first silicon optimized for high bandwidth IP Edge and Ethernet/MPLS access applications, including mobile backhaul, cloud access and business service delivery. Featuring Vitesse Service Aware Architecture (ViSAA™) -- also announced today -- Serval-2 radically simplifies carrier delivery of MEF CE 2.0 services in packet-based mobile and cloud access Ethernet networks.

According to IEEE, communications networks will need to support an average of 58% compound annual growth rates in bandwidth. Operators are moving quickly to packet-based networks to meet opex/capex goals as they try to address this traffic explosion and control network build-out costs. Operators that provide new revenue generating services over private or public cloud networks require new Carrier Ethernet features, including multi-operator OAM and Service Activation Testing to support maintenance and billing. Operators must also deliver these services in a ubiquitous, reliable and secure manner over these new 4G LTE and cloud-based networks.

“Serval-2 revolutionizes the way in which Carriers can deliver services over Ethernet for high bandwidth mobile backhaul, video distribution, cloud access and more,” said Uday Mudoi, product marketing director at Vitesse. “Vitesse Service Aware Architecture enables efficient delivery of these services. Serval-2 represents Vitesse's continued focus on delivering solutions for a new generation of network access equipment for mobile/IP Edge and cloud.”