Swindon Silicon Systems will showcase how application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) can help engineers address increasingly demanding power and performance requirements at electronica 2026.
The ASIC design and supply specialist, a Sensata Technologies company, will exhibit at the international electronics trade fair, which takes place at Messe München, Germany, from 10 to 13 November. Visitors can meet the team at stand C4.200 to discuss how custom silicon can help integrate functionality, optimise power consumption and meet specific product requirements.
With energy efficiency among the key themes of this year’s event, alongside artificial intelligence and cyber resilience under the banner ‘Empowering the All Electric Society’, the company will highlight the role of ASIC design in developing more efficient electronic systems.
As electronic products become more sophisticated, engineers face the challenge of delivering greater functionality without increasing power consumption. Combining multiple standard components can add to board space, external interfaces and overall system power, making component selection and system architecture increasingly important.
Custom silicon offers an alternative by integrating selected analogue and digital functions into a single device tailored to the application. This can reduce component count and board area while giving engineers greater control over power management. Depending on the architecture and silicon process, techniques such as clock gating and power gating can also help reduce consumption when specific functions are inactive.
“Energy efficiency starts with the product requirements and the architecture chosen to meet them,” said Ross Turnbull, Director of Business Development and Product Engineering at Swindon Silicon Systems. “Engineers need to understand which functions must operate continuously, which can remain inactive and where standard components add unnecessary overhead. Custom silicon gives us the flexibility to design around those requirements while considering performance, production volume and product lifetime.”
However, the decision to develop an ASIC involves more than comparing its unit price with that of standard catalogue components. Development investment must be assessed alongside recurring component, assembly and production testing costs. Factors such as forecast production volumes, expected manufacturing yield and product lifetime all influence the commercial viability of an ASIC programme.
Long-term product availability is another important consideration, particularly for industrial and automotive applications with extended production lifecycles. Swindon Silicon Systems supports customers with planned obsolescence management, which can include last-time buys, wafer storage and transferring designs to alternative silicon processes, depending on individual programme requirements.
At electronica 2026, the company’s specialists will be available to discuss how custom silicon can help engineers meet power, space and performance targets, as well as the design investment, production testing and supply chain considerations involved in bringing an ASIC programme to production.
To discuss your product requirements with Swindon Silicon Systems, visit the team at stand C4.200.
