Synaptics
| Synaptics Incorporated
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| legal form | Incorporated |
| ISIN | US87157D1090 |
| founding | 1986 |
| Seat | San Jose , United States |
| management | Richard Bergman, CEO |
| Number of employees | 1,262 |
| sales | 1,718,000,000 USD |
| Website | www.synaptics.com |
| As of June 24, 2017 | |
Synaptics is a manufacturer of touchpads and software for them. Synaptics' sensor elements are also used as user interfaces in applications such as the touchscreens of smartphones . Synaptics is currently listed on the NASDAQ .
Company history
Synaptics was founded in 1986 by Federico Faggin and Carver Mead . The original product, TouchPad interface , was released in 1995. The IPO took place in 2002.
Synaptics is one of the first major members of the FIDO alliance , which has been developing the Universal Second Factor (U2F) industry standard for generally applicable two-factor authentication since 2013 .
In July 2017, Synaptics took over the semiconductor manufacturer Conexant .
Web links
Commons : Synaptics - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Synaptics 2017 Form 10-K Report , accessed September 10, 2017
- ↑ a b Synaptics: Our Company ( Memento of the original dated February 12, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed May 18, 2010.
- ↑ Synaptics: Clear Sensing ( Memento of the original of February 12, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed May 18, 2010.
- ^ Synaptics Closes Acquisition of Conexant Systems. Globe Newswire, July 26, 2017, accessed November 12, 2017 .
