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Tag: Synaptics

iPhone X has the notch but Samsung’s solution is to cut holes in a full-screen smartphone display

Friday, January 19, 2018 4:50 pmFriday, January 19, 201815 Comments

Instead of fitting the cameras and sensors in a bar at the top of an all-screen display, Samsung would cut out holes…

It’s getting even tougher to be an Apple supplier

Wednesday, April 19, 2017 10:29 amWednesday, April 19, 20175 Comments

Imagination Technologies Group Plc discovered how fickle life can be as an Apple Inc. supplier…

Analysts: Synaptics faces Apple insourcing risk

Wednesday, April 12, 2017 4:52 pm10 Comments

Following concerns that Apple could displace Imagination Technologies…

6 reasons why I couldn’t live without Apple’s 3D Touch ever again

Wednesday, October 14, 2015 9:28 amWednesday, October 14, 20158 Comments

Only seven days in, there are certain everyday tasks that I can’t imagine performing any other way than with the help of 3D Touch…

Slavish copier Samsung races to knock off Apple’s ‘3D Touch’ in Galaxy S7

Tuesday, October 13, 2015 3:01 pmTuesday, October 13, 201523 Comments

Samsung has tapped Synaptics to use its ClearForce technology to respond to various levels of screen pressure…

PC makers may beat Apple to the punch with new ‘fingerprint ID’ sensors built into notebook touchpads

Wednesday, December 10, 2014 2:29 pmWednesday, December 10, 201423 Comments

While Apple’s Touch ID fingerprint sensors remain limited to the latest iPhone…

TSMC lands order for Apple’s A8X processor bound for 12.9-inch iPad, sources say

Wednesday, October 15, 2014 9:55 amWednesday, October 15, 201421 Comments

The SoC of the A8X will be larger than that of A8’s, which could pose…

Japan’s Renesas to sell iPhone display chip business to Synaptics, not Apple, sources say

Tuesday, May 27, 2014 3:00 pmTuesday, May 27, 20143 Comments

Renesas Electronics Corp plans to sell its majority stake in a maker of iPhone display chips…

Idex sees sales gains as Apple spurs biometric-sensor market

Friday, March 14, 2014 8:34 amNo Comments

Smartphone manufacturers are adding sensors to devices after Apple unveiled its iPhone 5s…

Synaptics acquires Samsung partner Validity in belated effort to rival Apple’s Touch ID

Thursday, October 10, 2013 4:01 pmThursday, October 10, 20138 Comments

Touchpad vendor Synaptics has announced plans to acquire Validity Sensors…

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