Press Releases and Articles
Determining Functional Safety Levels for Automotive Applications
Even the most basic car available over the past three or four decades has contained a significant amount of technology to make it safer, more “intelligent” and more enjoyable to drive and this adoption of technology will only increase as the industry moves towards...
The Future is Silicon at Sensor + Test 2019
April 2019. Swindon Silicon Systems, a Sensata Technologies company, will use this year’s Sensor + Test exhibition to highlight the benefits of Application Specific ICs (ASICs) and how embracing silicon gives a product a genuine technical and commercial advantage....
Six Key Reasons to use an ASIC Silicon Solution
The Future is Silicon, Your Future is Swindon Companies are continually looking for innovative ways to differentiate their products from the crowd and to make them more competitive in both cost and performance. There is a proven way to achieve this and there are many...
The role of ASICs in power management microsystems for hearing aids
The hearing aid market demands low power and small size as the devices become smaller and less obtrusive. Using a silver-zinc (Ag-Zn) rechargeable battery technology with a high energy density allows a hearing aid to run longer on a tiny battery.
ASIC or FPGA? Each solution has advantages and disadvantages
Both are used extensively in product designs and which path to take is a conundrum that designers are often faced with. It’s an important decision that can determine the products success or failure. It is only by examining each solution for each design with up to date information that a designer can make the appropriate selection.
Swindon Silicon Systems to showcase online chip estimator at EDS 2018
Swindon Silicon Systems, a Sensata Technologies company, is exhibiting at EDS 2018 to be held at the Ricoh Arena, Coventry on October 17 and 18. At this year’s event, Swindon will give visitors the chance to discuss the many advantages of Application Specific...
The Global Adoption of TPMS and the ASIC within
Tyre pressure monitoring systems (TPMS) have been widely deployed to address safety and environmental issues on all types of vehicles across the globe. Currently the European Union, the United States, South Korea and China have introduced TPMS legislation with Japan,...
Sensor and Test 2018
Swindon will launch’s its online IC Builder At the heart of intelligent sensing, Swindon Silicon Systems is a leader in high performance and low cost mixed signal ASICs and integrated MEMS sensor interface solutions for applications that include automotive, industrial...
UK chip company looks to future with confidence
40 years ago a team of engineers at Plessey Semiconductors decided it was time for a change. They headed off into the unknown and founded Swindon Silicon Systems, which stands out now as one of the few UK-based semiconductor companies still operating.Given the pace of...
Swindon Silicon Systems Announces Technology Partnership with ZPower
ZPower turns to Swindon for power management solution that allows hearing aid manufacturers to use silver-zinc batteries without modifying their existing DSP systems Swindon, May-13 – Swindon Silicon Systems (Swindon), a leading global provider of mixed signal ASICs...
Intelligent sensors in EV battery packs benefit the EV driver and OEM
The increasing use of custom designed electronic devices in today’s vehicles allow the manufacturer to offer the driver unprecedented levels of safety, reliability, economy, performance, information and entertainment. Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs)...
A chip designed just for you? – Why an application specific IC will give your product the edge
Can a single, multi-function electronic component, designed and produced specifically for a single customer or product, make a major contribution to functionality, performance, size, reliability and overall cost? Without a doubt.
There’s no doubt – EVs are the way ahead and our intelligent devices will help drive the change
Ever since the late 1960s, the automotive industry has steadily become a major consumer of electronics technology. Now, with the advent of hybrid and electric vehicles and driverless cars, the industry looks set to place an even greater reliance on electronic...
Next Generation Battery Management Technology Partnership
Companies sign strategic design and development agreement for wireless chip-based solution Edinburgh, UK – April 4, 2017 – Dukosi, the battery management technology innovator, and Swindon Silicon Systems, a world leader in the design, test and supply of complex,...
ASIC Design Costs Down
Contrary to popular belief, the cost of a custom analogue or mixed-signal silicon design has fallen dramatically in recent years. This now allows even more companies to consider developing their own device, customised to their project requirements and usually...
Day in the Life – Senior ASIC Design Engineer
Maria Marescalco is a Senior Design Engineer at SWINDON Silicon Systems, one of the UK’s leading designers and suppliers of mixed signal ASIC and MEMS solutions. With a Masters Degree in Electronic Engineering from “Universita’ degli Studi di Catania” in Italy, Maria...
Three Women Inspired by Electronics
This article was published on Electronics Weekly and is an article investigating why microelectronics has always been a male dominated industry. 3 women engineers from SWINDON Silicon Systems are interviewed to help answer how does the industry motivate women to...
ASIC, SoC and SiP at the Heart of Intelligent Sensors
What can transform a basic sensor into an intelligent one? The majority of sensors convert a physical change into an electrical one. Understanding what this change means is a task for a higher level control system. What if the sensor can be made more sophisticated?...
SoC and SiPs are at the heart of intelligent sensing
Industry is improving productivity by using intelligent sensors. Where sensors were once simple analogue components with basic output, the best contemporary solutions feature mixed signal ASICs with front end signal processing, calibration for varying environmental...
A SoC designer’s perspective to functional safety
Digital design manager Neil Howard of SWINDON Silicon Systems discusses the functional safety perspective of a System on Chip design ‘Functional Safety’ is becoming increasingly important in industrial and automotive applications as is adherence to the relevant...
ADCs in ASICs: An overview for system designers
An Analog to Digital Converter (ADC) bridges the analog world to the digital world, and is crucial to any modern sensor system. We find that our customers increasingly demand ADCs to be absorbed into their mixed-signal Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs),...
