UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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                                    FORM 8-K
                                 CURRENT REPORT
                     Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
                        Securities Exchange Act of 1934
   Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 26, 2006
                        VITESSE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
                                    Delaware
                 (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
                   1-31614                                  77-0138960
          (Commission File Number)            IRS Employer Identification No.)

                  741 Calle Plano, Camarillo, California    93012
               (Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (805) 388-3700
                                 Not applicable
         (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain  Officers;  Election of  Directors;
          Appointment of Certain Officers;  Compensatory Arrangements of Certain
          Officers

     On October  26,  2006,  the Board of  Directors  of  Vitesse  Semiconductor
Corporation (the "Company")  elected  Christopher  Gardner,  the Company's Chief
Executive Officer, as a director of the Company.  Mr. Gardner was also appointed
to the  Executive  Committee  of the  Board  of  Directors  of the  Company.

     As  previously  disclosed,  on July 5, 2006,  the Company  and  Christopher
Gardner entered into an Employment Agreement (the "Agreement"). The Agreement is
effective as of June 26, 2006 and  provides,  among other  things,  that:

          1. Mr. Gardner will serve as the Company's Chief Executive Officer;

          2. Mr.  Gardner's base salary is $310,000 per year and he will be able
     to  participate  in the employee  benefit  plans  offered by the Company to
     senior  executives  from time to time;  and

          3.  the  term  of the  Agreement  is two  years  and if Mr.  Gardner's
     employment  is  terminated   other  than  For  Cause  (as  defined  in  the
     Agreement),  death or Disability  (as defined in the Agreement) or for Good
     Reason (as defined in the Agreement), then Mr. Gardner shall be entitled to
     12 months of his base salary as  severance,  payable in one lump sum on the
     date his employment is terminated,  and shall be engaged as a consultant to
     the  Company at $3,000 per month until the earlier of (i) three years after
     the  termination  of his  employment  or (ii) the date the  Company  has an
     effective  registration  statement  under the  Securities  Act of 1933 with
     respect to the shares to be issued upon exercise of options  granted to Mr.
     Gardner.

     A copy of the Agreement is attached to the Company's Form 8-K dated July 6,
2006 as  Exhibit  10.1  and is  incorporated  herein  by  reference.

Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of  Incorporation  or Bylaws;  Change in Fiscal
          Year

     On October  26,  2006,  the Board of  Directors  of the  Company  adopted a
resolution increasing the exact number of directors of the Company from 7 to 8.


                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned,  hereunto  duly  authorized,  in the  City of  Camarillo,  State of
California, on October 31, 2006.

                          VITESSE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION


                          By:  /s/ Christopher Gardner
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                              Christopher Gardner
                              Chief Executive Officer