SYNAPTICS ANNOUNCES CONFIGURABLE SYNAPTICS ONETOUCH SOLUTION.

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SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 2 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --

Configurable Capacitive Sensing Solution Allows Customers to Develop Customized Interfaces From Concept Through Mass Production

Synaptics Incorporated (Nasdaq: SYNA), a leading developer of interface solutions for computing, communications, and entertainment devices, has announced Synaptics OneTouch. Synaptics OneTouch is a configurable solution based on Synaptics' capacitive sensing technology, which includes design tools, products, and technical support to enable customers to develop their own custom interface designs for capacitive buttons and scrolling applications.

The OneTouch solution consists of a family of capacitive sensing chips, easy to use GUI-based design and development tools, and documentation that takes the customer through the entire process from concept to mass production. The configurable OneTouch solution leverages Synaptics' capacitive interface expertise with a focus on design integration and usability considerations, sensitivity tuning and board testing to ensure manufacturability with high yield. Expert local and factory technical support is available to customers throughout the entire process.

"Capacitive touch sensing interfaces have come a long way from the initial touchpad designs in notebooks PCs, with a growing number of OEMs and ODMs across many applications and markets now adopting the technology for different implementations," said Francis Lee, President and Chief Executive Officer of Synaptics. "While custom module solutions remain essential to a wide range of products and applications, some of these emerging implementations require our customers to have a more streamlined and integrated design process to meet market timing requirements. The addition of Synaptics OneTouch to our product offerings allows us to efficiently address the variable needs of our customers by offering them the flexibility to control the development of their own interface solutions utilizing our proven technology and know-how."

Synaptics OneTouch is based on the reliable and proven core technology that Synaptics has developed and used over the last 10 years to provide over 250 million capacitive interface solutions to the PC, mobile phone, and portable digital entertainment markets. The Synaptics OneTouch toolset has been built specifically to help Synaptics' customers design capacitive interface solutions that will enhance the usability and industrial design of their products. The simplified design process encapsulated in the Synaptics OneTouch solution will enable customers to explore the possibilities of capacitive sensing quickly and more autonomously.