Camarillo Firm Ships Chips for Test Devices

Camarillo-based Vitesse Semiconductor Corp. says it has started shipping large quantities of its gallium-arsenide timing chips to Teradyne Inc. in Agoura Hills. The units will be used in devices that test newly-produced semiconductors.

Bob Nunn, a Vitesse vice president, declined to place a dollar amount on the deal, but predicted that it and similar sales will prove “quite significant” for the Camarillo firm. He said production for the electronic-testing industry should grow from 5% of Vitesse’s revenues currently to 20% as soon as 1994.