LIMERICK, Ireland, May 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Mfg Vision Ltd., a provider of innovative yield-management and data-analysis solutions to the global semiconductor industry, today announced that its enterprise yield-management (EYM) system, FloorVision, was selected by Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation (Pink Sheets: VTSS) of Camarillo, Calif., to manage its manufacturing yield data from multiple subcontractors and foundries worldwide. The integrated data management, processing and visualization solution will allow Vitesse to manage yield and quality across its entire product portfolio and manufacturing stages, thereby improving supply-chain visibility. Financial details were not disclosed.

The deal was acknowledged by Ireland's Minister for Enterprise, Trade & Employment, Micheal Martin, during his recent trade mission to Silicon Valley. Minister Martin cited the contract as an example of the increasing influence exerted by Irish companies in the global electronics industry.

Introduced in 2007, FloorVision empowers semiconductor manufacturers with a proven new-generation yield-management solution. With its highly scalable configuration, this web 2.0-based data-management system integrates Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) based reporting, genealogy, semiconductor fabrication, wafer probe and test data in a seamless flow across multiple geographies. This means that engineers, managers and executives, wherever they are located, can accurately capture critical data, speedily determine the root cause of product failures, efficiently correlate failures to process parameters, and quickly disseminate thorough yield and parametric-performance reports to team members and other key decision makers. The result: reduced downtime from process failures, improved productivity for product and test engineers, and lower IT costs.

"We are delighted that Vitesse, a leading provider of advanced IC solutions for Carrier and Enterprise Ethernet networks, has selected FloorVision for its ease-of-use, comprehensive features and competitive speed and accuracy advantages," said Mfg Vision's chief executive officer, John O'Donnell. "The deal validates Mfg Vision's offering as one of the best technical EYM solutions in the marketplace. More and more companies are realizing that EYM can be straightforward and cost-effective to implement with our scalable data model and very fast processing speeds."

According to, Roy Carew, Vitesse's vice president of quality, product and test engineering, "We completed a thorough review of yield-management offerings on the market and concluded that FloorVision provides the optimum solution for Vitesse in terms of price and performance. The leading-edge features of FloorVision will allow us to manage yields and test efficiency across our broad portfolio of products, and improve employee productivity."

To learn more about Mfg Vision, please visit the company at IET & GSA International Semiconductor Forum, May 14-15, London; booth # 113

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 http://www.vitesse.com.

About Mfg Vision Ltd.

Headquartered in Limerick, Ireland, Mfg Vision Ltd. supplies innovative yield-management technologies and services to the global semiconductor manufacturing industry. Privately owned, the company maintains sales, support and service centers in Ireland, USA and the Philippines. For more information on Mfg Vision, please visit http://www.mfgvision.com