The Silicon Vertex Tracker (SVT) is the new trigger processor
which reconstructs 2-D tracks with high speed and accuracy at the level 2
trigger of the CDFII experiment. SVT allows tagging events with secondary
vertices and therefore enhances the CDFII B-physics capability. SVT has
been fully assembled and operational since the beginning of Tevatron RunII
in April 2001. In this paper we briefly review the SVT design and physics
motivation and then describe its performance during the early phase of CDF
RunII.