As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 12, 2001
                                                    Registration No. 333-_______
================================================================================
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                            -----------------------

                                    FORM S-8
            REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                       VITESSE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

               Delaware                                    77-0138960
   (State or other jurisdiction of                      (I.R.S. Employer
    incorporation or organization)                    Identification No.)

                                741 Calle Plano
                          Camarillo, California 93012
              (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip code)

                        FirstPass 2000 Stock Option Plan
            Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation 1991 Stock Option Plan
   Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation Option Agreements with Certain Employees
          Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation 2001 Stock Incentive Plan
                            (Full title of the plan)

                            -----------------------

                               Eugene F. Hovanec
                            Chief Financial Officer
                       Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation
                                741 Calle Plano
                          Camarillo, California 93012
                    (Name and address of agent for service)

                                 (805) 388-3700
         (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

                            -----------------------

                                    Copy to:

                            Francis S. Currie, Esq.
                             Davis Polk & Wardwell
                              1600 El Camino Real
                          Menlo Park, California 94025
                                 (650) 752-2000
<TABLE>

                                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
=====================================================================================================================
                                                                   Proposed maximum    Proposed maximum   Amount of
              Title of securities                 Amount to be      offering price         aggregate     registration
                to be registered                   registered          per share        offering price       fee
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                               <C>                  <C>               <C>               <C>
FirstPass 2000 Stock Option Plan
   $.01 par value(1).........................        378,028           $ 42.37(2)        $ 16,017,050      $  4,005
Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation 1991 Stock
   Option Plan...............................      6,301,820           $ 62.75(3)        $395,439,205      $ 98,860
Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation Option
   Agreements with Certain Employees, Common
   Stock, $.01 par value.....................        192,283           $ 49.353(2)       $  9,489,750      $  2,375
Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation 2001 Stock
   Incentive Plan............................      7,500,000           $ 62.75(3)        $470,625,000      $117,650
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   Totals....................................     14,372,121               N/A           $891,571,005      $222,900
=====================================================================================================================
</TABLE>

-------------------
(1)  All options outstanding under the FirstPass 2000 Stock Option Plan were
     assumed by the Registrant in connection with its acquisition of FirstPass,
     and such options are now exercisable for the Registrant's Common Stock.

(2)  Represents weighted average exercise price per share of the Registrant's
     common stock underlying outstanding options, pursuant to Rule 457(h) under
     the Securities Act of 1933 ("Rule 457(h)").

(3)  Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(h) solely for the purpose of
     calculating the total registration fee. Computed based on the closing
     price for the Registrant's Common Stock on February 7, 2001.

================================================================================


<PAGE>


                                    PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

     Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference

     This Registration Statement incorporates herein by reference the following
documents which have been filed with the Commission by the Registrant:

     1.   The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
          September 30, 2000, filed pursuant to Section 13 of the Securities
          and Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act").

     2.   The description of the Registrant's Common Stock, par value $.01 per
          share, contained in its registration statement on Form 8-A filed with
          the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 8, 1991, including
          any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such
          description.

     All other documents filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to
Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date
of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities
offered have been sold or which de-registers all securities then remaining
unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents
(such documents, and the documents enumerated above, being hereinafter referred
to collectively as the "Incorporated Documents").

     Item 4.  Description of Securities.

          Not applicable.

     Item 5.  Interest of Named Experts and Counsel.

          Not applicable.

     Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

          The Registrant has adopted provisions in its Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation which (i) eliminate the personal liability of its
directors to the Registrant and its shareholders for monetary damages arising
from a breach of their fiduciary duties in certain circumstances, and (ii)
authorize the Registrant to indemnify its directors and officers to the fullest
extent permitted by law. The limitation of liability does not affect the
availability of equitable remedies, such as injunctive relief or rescission. In
addition, the Registrant's bylaws provide that the Registrant shall indemnify
its directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.

          The Registrant has entered into separate indemnification agreements
with each of its officers and directors that contain provisions which are in
some respects broader than the specific indemnification provisions contained in
the Delaware General Corporation Law. The indemnification agreements may
require the Registrant, among other things, to indemnify such officers and
directors against certain liabilities that may arise by reason of their status
or service as directors or officers (other than liabilities arising from
willful misconduct of a culpable nature), to advance their expenses incurred as
a result of any proceeding against them as to which they could be indemnified,
and to obtain director's and officer's insurance, if available on reasonable
terms.

     Item 7.  Exemption for Registration Claimed.

               Not applicable.


                                       2

<PAGE>


     Item 8.   Exhibits.

     The following are filed as part of this Registration Statement:

Exhibit
No.                                Description
-------                            -----------

 4.1      FirstPass, Inc. 2000 Stock Option Plan (filed herewith)

 4.2      Vitesse Semiconductor 1991 Stock Option Plan (incorporated
          herein by reference to Exhibit 4.9 to the Company's
          Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-53463)

 4.3      Form of Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation Option Agreement
          (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to the Company's
          Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-40822)

 4.4      Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation 2001 Stock Incentive Plan
          (filed herewith)

 5.1      Opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell as to the legality of securities
          being registered (filed herewith)

23.1      Consent of KPMG LLP (filed herewith)

23.2      Consent of Davis Polk & Wardwell (included in Exhibit 5.1)

24        Power of Attorney (Included on signature pages of this Registration
          Statement)


     Item 9.   Undertakings.

     (a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

          (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement to include any
material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously
disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such
information in the registration statement.

          (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act"), each such post-effective
amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

          (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.

     (b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
Registrant's annual report, pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's
annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is
incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a
new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

     (c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons
of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the
Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and
is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant
in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by
such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities
being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed
by the final adjudication of such issue.

                                       3


<PAGE>



                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Camarillo, State of California, on the 12th day of
February 2001.

                                             VITESSE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION


                                             By: /s/ Eugene F. Hovanec
                                                --------------------------------
                                                Eugene F. Hovanec
                                                Vice President, Finance and
                                                Chief Financial Officer


                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints Louis R. Tomasetta and Eugene F. Hovanec,
jointly and severally, his attorneys-in-fact, each with the power of
substitution, for him in any and all capacities, to sign any amendments to this
Registration Statement on Form S-8, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto
and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said
attorneys-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, as amended, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the date indicated.

<TABLE>
       Signature                        Title                                        Date
       ---------                        -----                                        ----

<S>                         <C>                                                   <C>
 /s/ Louis R. Tomasetta     President, Chief Executive Officer and Director       February 12, 2001
------------------------    (Principal Executive Officer)
Louis R. Tomasetta


/s/ Eugene F. Hovanec       Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial         February 12, 2001
------------------------    Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting
Eugene F. Hovanec           Officer)


/s/ James A. Cole           Director                                              February 12, 2001
------------------------
James A. Cole


/s/ Pierre R. Lamond        Chairman of the Board of Directors                    February 12, 2001
------------------------
Pierre R. Lamond


/s/ John C. Lewis           Director                                              February 12, 2001
------------------------
John C. Lewis


/s/ Alex Daly               Director                                              February 12, 2001
------------------------
Alex Daly


/s/ Vincent Chan            Director                                              February 12, 2001
------------------------
Vincent Chan
</TABLE>


                                      S-1

<PAGE>


                                 EXHIBIT INDEX



Exhibit
No.                                Description
-------                            -----------

 4.1      FirstPass, Inc. 2000 Stock Option Plan (filed herewith)

 4.2      Vitesse Semiconductor 1991 Stock Option Plan (incorporated
          herein by reference to Exhibit 4.9 to the Company's
          Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-53463)

 4.3      Form of Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation Option Agreement
          (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to the Company's
          Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-40822), effective
          July 5, 2000)

 4.4      Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation 2001 Stock Incentive Plan
          (filed herewith)

 5.1      Opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell as to the legality of securities
          being registered (filed herewith)

23.1      Consent of KPMG LLP (filed herewith)

23.2      Consent of Davis Polk & Wardwell (included in Exhibit 5.1)

24        Power of Attorney (Included on signature pages of this Registration
          Statement)
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 12, 2001
                                                    Registration No. 333-_______
================================================================================
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                            -----------------------

                                    FORM S-8
            REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                       VITESSE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

               Delaware                                    77-0138960
   (State or other jurisdiction of                      (I.R.S. Employer
    incorporation or organization)                    Identification No.)

                                741 Calle Plano
                          Camarillo, California 93012
              (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip code)

                        FirstPass 2000 Stock Option Plan
            Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation 1991 Stock Option Plan
   Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation Option Agreements with Certain Employees
          Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation 2001 Stock Incentive Plan
                            (Full title of the plan)

                            -----------------------

                               Eugene F. Hovanec
                            Chief Financial Officer
                       Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation
                                741 Calle Plano
                          Camarillo, California 93012
                    (Name and address of agent for service)

                                 (805) 388-3700
         (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

                            -----------------------

                                    Copy to:

                            Francis S. Currie, Esq.
                             Davis Polk & Wardwell
                              1600 El Camino Real
                          Menlo Park, California 94025
                                 (650) 752-2000

                                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
=====================================================================================================================
                                                                   Proposed maximum    Proposed maximum   Amount of
              Title of securities                 Amount to be      offering price         aggregate     registration
                to be registered                   registered          per share        offering price       fee
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FirstPass 2000 Stock Option Plan
   $.01 par value(1).........................        378,028           $ 42.37(2)        $ 16,017,050      $  4,005
Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation 1991 Stock
   Option Plan...............................      6,301,820           $ 62.75(3)        $395,439,205      $ 98,860
Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation Option
   Agreements with Certain Employees, Common
   Stock, $.01 par value.....................        192,283           $ 49.353(2)       $  9,489,750      $  2,375
Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation 2001 Stock
   Incentive Plan............................      7,500,000           $ 62.75(3)        $470,625,000      $117,650
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   Totals....................................     14,372,121               N/A           $891,571,005      $222,900
=====================================================================================================================
-------------------
(1)  All options outstanding under the FirstPass 2000 Stock Option Plan were
     assumed by the Registrant in connection with its acquisition of FirstPass,
     and such options are now exercisable for the Registrant's Common Stock.

(2)  Represents weighted average exercise price per share of the Registrant's
     common stock underlying outstanding options, pursuant to Rule 457(h) under
     the Securities Act of 1933 ("Rule 457(h)").

(3)  Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(h) solely for the purpose of
     calculating the total registration fee. Computed based on the closing
     price for the Registrant's Common Stock on February 7, 2001.

================================================================================
PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

     Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference

     This Registration Statement incorporates herein by reference the following
documents which have been filed with the Commission by the Registrant:

     1.   The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
          September 30, 2000, filed pursuant to Section 13 of the Securities
          and Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act").

     2.   The description of the Registrant's Common Stock, par value $.01 per
          share, contained in its registration statement on Form 8-A filed with
          the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 8, 1991, including
          any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such
          description.

     All other documents filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to
Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date
of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities
offered have been sold or which de-registers all securities then remaining
unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents
(such documents, and the documents enumerated above, being hereinafter referred
to collectively as the "Incorporated Documents").

     Item 4.  Description of Securities.

          Not applicable.

     Item 5.  Interest of Named Experts and Counsel.

          Not applicable.

     Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

          The Registrant has adopted provisions in its Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation which (i) eliminate the personal liability of its
directors to the Registrant and its shareholders for monetary damages arising
from a breach of their fiduciary duties in certain circumstances, and (ii)
authorize the Registrant to indemnify its directors and officers to the fullest
extent permitted by law. The limitation of liability does not affect the
availability of equitable remedies, such as injunctive relief or rescission. In
addition, the Registrant's bylaws provide that the Registrant shall indemnify
its directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.

          The Registrant has entered into separate indemnification agreements
with each of its officers and directors that contain provisions which are in
some respects broader than the specific indemnification provisions contained in
the Delaware General Corporation Law. The indemnification agreements may
require the Registrant, among other things, to indemnify such officers and
directors against certain liabilities that may arise by reason of their status
or service as directors or officers (other than liabilities arising from
willful misconduct of a culpable nature), to advance their expenses incurred as
a result of any proceeding against them as to which they could be indemnified,
and to obtain director's and officer's insurance, if available on reasonable
terms.

     Item 7.  Exemption for Registration Claimed.

               Not applicable.

                                       2
Item 8.   Exhibits.

     The following are filed as part of this Registration Statement:

Exhibit
No.                                Description
-------                            -----------

 4.1      FirstPass, Inc. 2000 Stock Option Plan (filed herewith)

 4.2      Vitesse Semiconductor 1991 Stock Option Plan (incorporated
          herein by reference to Exhibit 4.9 to the Company's
          Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-53463)

 4.3      Form of Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation Option Agreement
          (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to the Company's
          Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-40822)

 4.4      Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation 2001 Stock Incentive Plan
          (filed herewith)

 5.1      Opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell as to the legality of securities
          being registered (filed herewith)

23.1      Consent of KPMG LLP (filed herewith)

23.2      Consent of Davis Polk & Wardwell (included in Exhibit 5.1)

24        Power of Attorney (Included on signature pages of this Registration
          Statement)

     Item 9.   Undertakings.

     (a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

          (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement to include any
material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously
disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such
information in the registration statement.

          (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act"), each such post-effective
amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

          (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.

     (b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
Registrant's annual report, pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's
annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is
incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a
new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

     (c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons
of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the
Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and
is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant
in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by
such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities
being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed
by the final adjudication of such issue.

                                       3
SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Camarillo, State of California, on the 12th day of
February 2001.

                                             VITESSE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION

                                             By: /s/ Eugene F. Hovanec
                                                --------------------------------
                                                Eugene F. Hovanec
                                                Vice President, Finance and
                                                Chief Financial Officer

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints Louis R. Tomasetta and Eugene F. Hovanec,
jointly and severally, his attorneys-in-fact, each with the power of
substitution, for him in any and all capacities, to sign any amendments to this
Registration Statement on Form S-8, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto
and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said
attorneys-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, as amended, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the date indicated.

       Signature                        Title                                        Date
       ---------                        -----                                        ----
/s/ Louis R. Tomasetta     President, Chief Executive Officer and Director       February 12, 2001
------------------------    (Principal Executive Officer)
Louis R. Tomasetta

/s/ Eugene F. Hovanec       Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial         February 12, 2001
------------------------    Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting
Eugene F. Hovanec           Officer)

/s/ James A. Cole           Director                                              February 12, 2001
------------------------
James A. Cole

/s/ Pierre R. Lamond        Chairman of the Board of Directors                    February 12, 2001
------------------------
Pierre R. Lamond

/s/ John C. Lewis           Director                                              February 12, 2001
------------------------
John C. Lewis

/s/ Alex Daly               Director                                              February 12, 2001
------------------------
Alex Daly

/s/ Vincent Chan            Director                                              February 12, 2001
------------------------
Vincent Chan
S-1
EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
No.                                Description
-------                            -----------

 4.1      FirstPass, Inc. 2000 Stock Option Plan (filed herewith)

 4.2      Vitesse Semiconductor 1991 Stock Option Plan (incorporated
          herein by reference to Exhibit 4.9 to the Company's
          Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-53463)

 4.3      Form of Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation Option Agreement
          (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to the Company's
          Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-40822), effective
          July 5, 2000)

 4.4      Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation 2001 Stock Incentive Plan
          (filed herewith)

 5.1      Opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell as to the legality of securities
          being registered (filed herewith)

23.1      Consent of KPMG LLP (filed herewith)

23.2      Consent of Davis Polk & Wardwell (included in Exhibit 5.1)

24        Power of Attorney (Included on signature pages of this Registration
          Statement)