swindon silicon system - all your asic answers
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ALL THE ANSWERS FOR ALL YOUR ASIC QUESTIONS
A Company Presentation 2013
The Questions
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Customised performance?
Turnkey solution?
Proven process?
Experiencedteam?
In house test?
IP? How much does it cost
and how long does it take?
Can you manage
our project?
Who doyou supply?
What foundries
do youuse?
What QAaccreditation
do you have?
Why SWINDON?
One last question…
The benefit of a custom designed ASIC from SWINDON is that it will improve your product performance and increase your profitability.
Customised Performance?
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We wish to integrate our future products… Can You?
Improve our product performance?
Give us a real competitive advantage?
Improve our profitability?
DEFINITELY…
Customised Performance?
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Customised Performance?
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Partnership between
SWINDON and YOU Always trade
offs in design;Performancev size v costChoose the
most appropriate
methodology to ensure your
market advantage
Unit pricing can be cumulative or annual quantity,
whatever method you require to give you the
advantage over your competitor
Guaranteedunit prices
for X numberof years
SWINDON has developed in house the full capability to ensure your project is successful and on time…from design through to production delivery
Full Turnkey Solution?
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We would prefer one supplier to work with on the complete solution… Can You?
Design from our specification?
Test the ASIC in house?
Supply the ASIC to anywhere in the world?
DEFINITELY…
Proven Process ?
Order fulfilment + logistics
100% ATE Test
100% Wafer test
Order production silicon
Pre-production Devices
Engineering sample + evaluation
Tape out
LVS + verification
Layout
Design
ASIC specification produced
Agree system specification
SWINDON
Develop production Test software +
Hardware
Device Qualification Programme
SWINDON | SUB-CONTRACTOR
Yield Analysis + Improvement
Initiatives
Foundry PDK
Masks, Wafers + Engineering Sample
Packaging
Masks + Wafers
Packaging Tape + Reel
Customer Input
Design Review
Customer Device Evaluation
Customer Production
Design Review
Customer Device Evaluation
SUB-CONTRACTCUSTOMER
Full Turnkey Solution ?
Your requirement specification is the bedrock upon which we design the ASIC
The ASIC specification is developed and supplied to you as a deliverable
Regular design reviews are conducted with you to ensure accuracy and timings
Layout commences during the design phase to save project time
LVS is conducted to ensure accuracy of the layout
A final design review is conducted with you prior to tapeout
Samples are produced and both parties evaluate the device
Once you are satisfied with performance, pre production parts are produced
Production silicon is procured based upon your production forecast
You state where and when you want the devices shipped
100% ATE ensures market leading quality for your device
To ensure high yield, 100% wafer probe is conducted
Order fulfilment + logistics
100% ATE Test
100% Wafer test
Order production silicon
Pre-production Devices
Engineering sample + evaluation
Tape out
LVS + verification
Layout
Design
ASIC specification produced
Agree system specification
SWINDON
To meet all your technical and commercial requirements we have a team of experts to ensure your product is a market leader.
Experienced Team?
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Is your design team capable of designing our ASIC… Can You?
Implement all our requirements?
Meet our timescales?
Meet the required performance and device cost?
DEFINITELY…
IC Design Engineers 28PhDs 6
Layout Engineers 7
Test / Analysis Engineers 11
100% wafer probe and ATE test is conducted in house. Capacity headroom ensures on time delivery every time and the yield analysis initiatives provide you with industry leading ppm rates. You can be assured that our team will deliver you the quality product you require and ensure that field failures will be a thing of the past.
Do You Have Your Own Test Facility ?
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Can you test the device in house…Can You?
Meet our volume requirements?
Ensure on time delivery?
Ensure the quality of our product?
DEFINITELY…
Flexibility in developed IP ownership will ensure your future position. We will provide you with obsolescence assurances and deliver the ASIC to you for your full product life time
How Can You Protect Our IP?
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How can we protect our IP and market position… Can You?
Provide IP ownership?
Provide exclusivity?
Provide obsolescence assurances?
DEFINITELY…
We will assist you, if required, in the development of your specification and provide you with a Technical Report and a Quotation. You can budget your project knowing that the costs and timings are already fully agreed and set.
How Much and How Long?
How much and how long…. Can You?
Provide assistance with our spec?
Provide an accurate project plan?
Provide guaranteed pricing?
DEFINITELY…
€$£
We are part of Schrader International, a $500m company. Employ 88 people and have in house finance and legal cover to meet all your corporate requirements.
Can Your Company Manage Our Project?
Is your company capable… Can You?
Provide Project Management?
Provide 24 hour test coverage?
Provide finance and legal functions?
DEFINITELY…
A Project and Account Manager will be allocated to you for instant access through all stages of the partnership.
Some of our customers + market sectors
Who Do You Currently Supply?
Do you have strong existing business…Can You?
Prove experience in our market?
Show existing profitable business?
Demonstrate high and low volume capability?
DEFINITELY…
Automotive Industrial Medical
Consumer Defence
We have long established relationships with our foundry and packaging suppliers which ensures that you receive the highest quality and are never subject to allocation.
What Foundries Do You Use?
Is your supply chain established …Can You?
Demonstrate longevity in the relationship?
Are you an important customer?
Influence decisions?
DEFINITELY…
BUSINESS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
What Level of QA Do You Have?
Can your QA department…?
Provide TS 16949 levels of support?
Regularly audit your suppliers?
Support me as a customer?
DEFINITELY… o TS16949:2002o BS EN ISO 9001:2000o ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001
SUPPLIER CONTROLo Supplier Developmento Supplier Scheduled Visitso Supplier Vendor Rating
CUSTOMER SATISFACTIONo Customer Returnso Customer Concernso Customer Perception
There are many choices, why should we choose SWINDON ?
Why SWINDON ?
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How the SWINDON
solution stacks up
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HAVE YOU ANY OTHERQUESTIONS THAT NEEDANSWERING?
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