21 August 2020
Barron’s Stock Pick: This Chip Company’s Makeover Has Only Just Begun
When Michael Hurlston became CEO of Synaptics a year ago, the chip seller was a “bag of parts,” he says. “Job No. 1 was to make the most out of each part of the portfolio.”
Read More >07 July 2020
Set-Top Boxes Evolve from Media-Consumption Device to Smart-Home Hub
The evolution of the set-top box into a true hub of the smart home is being driven by three forces: changes in the human interface, the content-delivery network’s approach to data security, and changes in processing of visual data.
Read More >19 June 2020
EETimes On Air : Interacting With Your Stuff, with Synaptics CEO Michael Hurlston
We are long past the era of simple ON and OFF switches for our electronics. We’re interacting with our technologies in entirely novel ways, and we’re still not done. What it is technologically possible to do is evolving very quickly as sensors get backed by artificial intelligence. This week we have a discussion with Michael Hurlston, the CEO of Synaptics, about smartphones, vehicles, and consumer electronics, and how we interact with our stuff.
Read More >19 June 2020
Enhancing the fourth screen: TDDI expands automotive display options
It’s been called the fourth screen — the last “unconquered” screen in our daily lives. With the average driver spending close to an hour a day in their car, how information and entertainment is served up on the road is becoming increasingly important. Factor in trends such as 5G connectivity and the potential of self-driving vehicles, and it’s no wonder the in-car display is getting more attention.
Read More >01 June 2020
Flexible OLED is the Future of Mobile, & On-Cell is the Key
Synaptics is in the middle of this evolution, enabling the advantages of OLED for top-tier device manufacturers. These benefits include improved image quality, including better contrast, higher brightness, fuller viewing angle, blacker blacks, a wider color range, and much faster refresh rates; lower power consumption; and better durability to operate in a broader temperature range.
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