ASIC Design

Swindon’s FTK starts from initial specification through to the supply of volume production tested and calibrated ASICs including analogue and mixed signal design, production test, packaging, component manufacture, logistics and supply chain management. Swindon also provides full evaluation, characterisation, industrial and automotive qualification (AEC Q100) and full failure analysis in accordance with defined industry standards such as TS 16949.

This FTK service enables our customers to be able to focus on their core competencies whilst Swindon designs, manufactures, production tests and supplies their custom ASIC solution to anywhere in the world.

• Complete in house expertise from ASIC specification to volume production and supply.
• In house design, verification, production test, supply chain management, order fulfilment, quality assurance and legal teams.
• Single point of responsibility for all project and supply matters.
• Project Manager and Technical Lead assigned for each ASIC project.
• In house high volume ASIC ATE and wafer probe facilities.
• Swindon test 100% of delivered ASICs.
• Detailed knowledge of ASIC foundries, processes and encapsulation.
• ASIC process selected to meet customers’ requirements.
• Detailed knowledge of ASIC packaging (custom and standard) and processes.
• Experienced supply chain teams
• Long standing relationships with most of the leading ASIC foundries.
• Design for Test (DfT) on every ASIC development.
• Adhere to TS 16949 operating principles.
• Quality Assurance teams with extensive AEC Q100 and industrial qualification requirements.
• Supplier quality assurance – dedicated teams ensuring the highest standards from our suppliers.

Swindon makes the implementation of a custom integrated solution (ASIC) easily accessible. Swindon has developed over time, an ASIC development path that removes development risk and cost. In addition to bringing a wealth of experience in successful Industrial and Automotive ASIC developments, our fundamental approach is to develop a thorough understanding of our customer’s unique application requirements and translate this into an ASIC, which we will supply for the lifetime of the end product.

This goes far beyond what our customers initially ask of us an ASIC design and supply company and into the sphere of understanding the detailed objectives of the target application. We feel great professional satisfaction when our ASIC expertise empowers recommendations toward system architecture, technology selection and the functionality and the system contribution of the ASIC.  Our recommendations are given to provide an optimized ASIC, both in terms of technical and commercial initiatives, to achieve a balance of objectives including, technology deliverance and risk, competitive development schedule and cost, competitive unit price, and overall value add to the final product.

Regardless of the many reasons that strongly support ASIC implementation, it is comforting to know that developing and integrating a custom ASIC is not the daunting task it once was. Swindon has a developed a volume production proven design process, aimed at easing the customer’s transition from specification into ASIC volume production. Our toolbox includes access to a wide variety of production qualified mixed signal geometries with many of the major global ASIC foundries, supplied with excellent process design kits (PDK) and behavior models and implemented using advanced design tools.

By choosing Swindon as your ASIC design partner, you will take advantage of our 50 years of proven ASIC design experience which has culminated in hundreds of millions of our ASICs being in use across the globe today.