From Berlin to critical industries: How Swissbit is securing data, devices, and identities

In my first blog post, I explore how companies can ensure the long-term security, reliability and availability of their data and devices. The answer often hinges on the capabilities of the manufacturing process behind the technology.

How advanced packaging, testing, and integrated manufacturing enable reliable data, devices, and identities for critical industries.

Digital transformation, connected devices, and rising cybersecurity demands are reshaping the way industries operate. At the heart of this shift lies one decisive question: how can organizations ensure their data and devices remain secure, reliable, and available over the long term? The answer often depends on the capabilities of the manufacturing process behind the technology itself.

This is where Swissbit’s role as a European Integrated Device Manufacturer (IDM) makes the difference. With our state-of-the-art advanced packaging and testing facility in Berlin, we unite all key steps - design, packaging, testing, qualification, and production - under one roof. This high level of vertical integration enables us to develop and deliver solutions that are more robust, secure, and tailored than those built through fragmented or outsourced supply chains.

A unique European capability

Swissbit’s Berlin facility is the only European advanced packaging and testing fab dedicated to data storage and security products. Here, we manufacture memory cards such as microSD and SD cards, alongside specialized security products for customers who require not only performance but also a secure, traceable supply chain.

For organizations facing challenges in critical industries - whether industrial, healthcare, IT, or infrastructure - this European base offers two crucial benefits:

• Sovereignty and security: local production with full process control avoids reliance on globally fragmented supply chains.
• Customization and agility: tailored designs and project-specific scaling allow customers to move faster from concept to deployment.

End-to-end IDM advantage

The Berlin fab embodies Swissbit’s role as an Integrated Device Manufacturer (IDM). This means that key processes - design, packaging, testing, qualification, and production - are managed in-house, ensuring seamless collaboration between engineering and manufacturing. Our IDM process covers the entire lifecycle:

• Design and simulation: in-house expertise allows early optimization for performance, cost, and manufacturability.
• Development and prototyping: package design, robustness analysis, and verification testing shorten time to market.
• Qualification: reliability testing, lifetime calculations, and compliance evaluation ensure long-term durability.
• Production and testing: highly automated, IATF 16949-qualified processes deliver consistent quality, with 100% final testing across full temperature ranges.

The result: process- and application-optimized products that meet demanding requirements across industries.

Designed for demanding environments

The Berlin facility is built to deliver solutions where reliability and security are non-negotiable. Products benefit from:

• Ruggedized designs for extreme temperatures, vibration, and humidity.
• Advanced security features, such as AES encryption and TCG Opal compliance.
• Flexible production: from specialized mid-volumes to millions of devices.
• Lifecycle management, supporting long-term availability and reducing redesign risks.
• Customization, from secure microSD cards to unique security modules with certificate management.

These capabilities are particularly valuable for industries requiring long-term product availability and compliance with strict regulations whether in industrial automation, healthcare, financial services, or critical infrastructure.

Roadmap and innovation focus

The Berlin fab is not only dedicated to current production needs but also serves as a platform for research, innovation, and system integration. Its development roadmap includes chiplet technology, heterogeneous integration, and advanced packaging, all of which are key to enabling modular, high-performance, and secure solutions for future data storage and security modules.

Swissbit contributes to several national and European funding projects to help build a resilient European ecosystem for chiplet assembly and supply chains. The company’s expertise in chip and organic interposer design supports heterogeneous integration and advanced packaging with efficient paths to industrialization.

With an open foundry approach, Swissbit is working to make chiplet technology accessible for a wide range of use cases, from prototypes to large-scale production in design, manufacturing, and testing. By aligning packaging and testing expertise with evolving customer and industry requirements, the company develops solutions that address emerging challenges such as edge computing and secure digital identities.

Cybersecurity built in

Security is embedded throughout Swissbit’s operations. Our products are designed for cyber-sec conform configurations, supported by ISO 27001 certification for information security management. This ensures that both customer data and the integrity of the manufacturing process remain protected at every stage.

Enabling resilience and innovation through integrated manufacturing

For industries where reliability, compliance, and security cannot be compromised, the Berlin facility provides more than production capacity. It brings together packaging, testing, and qualification in one highly controlled environment, ensuring that each stage of the product lifecycle is aligned and traceable.

By consolidating these capabilities under one roof, development cycles can be shortened, supply chains become more transparent, and products can be tailored to specific application requirements - from extended lifetimes to operation in harsh environments.

Conclusion

Looking ahead, the Berlin site serves as a platform for innovation. With a roadmap that includes advanced packaging concepts such as chiplet integration, it is positioned to meet future demands for performance, modularity, and system-level optimization.

As the only advanced packaging and testing facility of its kind in Europe, it underlines the value of localized, vertically integrated manufacturing: a foundation for building storage and security solutions that are reliable today and adaptable to the challenges of tomorrow.

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