Mouser and Synaptics enter global distribution deal January 30, 2025 Distributor Mouser Electronics has signed a new global distribution agreement with San Jose, California-based human-machine interface (HMI) device specialist Synaptics.
Cadence to acquire embedded security IP specialist January 22, 2025 Cadence has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire French embedded security IP platform provider Secure-IC.
Lantronix names new president and CEO November 07, 2023 Synaptics' former senior vice president and general manager Saleel Awsare will be joining Industrial IoT solutions specialist Lantronix as president and CEO of the company, effective Nov. 20, 2023.
Pixelworks appoints new COO for Shanghai subsidiary September 04, 2023 Pixelworks, a provider of video and display processing solutions, has appointed Wallace Pai as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of its Shanghai-based subsidiary, Pixelworks Semiconductor Technology (Shanghai), otherwise called PWSH.
Top ten IC design house revenue spikes 32% in 2Q22 September 07, 2022 According to the latest TrendForce statistics, revenue of the top ten global IC design houses reached US$39.56 billion in 2Q22, growing 32% YoY.
Top 10 IC design companies revenue reached $39.43B in 1Q22 June 09, 2022 According to the latest TrendForce statistics, the top ten IC designers worldwide posted a combined revenue of USD 39.43 billion in 1Q22, or 44% growth YoY.
Synaptics opens wireless R&D center in France February 23, 2022 Synaptics Incorporated is opening a wireless research and development center in the Sophia Antipolis technology park in southeast France. The facility – which will focus on wi-fi and bluetooth hardware will serve as a hub for the design of Synaptics’ next-gen short-range wireless connectivity solutions.
Synaptics to acquire DSP Group August 31, 2021 Synaptics Incorporated acquires DSP Group, a provider of voice and wireless chipset solutions for converged communications, at USD 22.00 per share in an all-cash transaction. The definitive agreement is aleady (unanimously) approved by the boards of directors of both companies.
Synaptics to buy rights to Broadcom’s Wireless IoT connectivity business July 08, 2020 Synaptics Incorporated has signed definitive agreements under which Synaptics will acquire certain assets and manufacturing rights associated with the wireless IoT business of Broadcom for approximately USD 250 million in an all-cash transaction.
Qualcomm retakes market leadership in 1Q20 June 16, 2020 According to the 1Q20 revenue ranking of global top 10 IC design companies compiled from TrendForce’s latest data, Qualcomm was able to stop the trend of continuous YoY revenue declines, which lasted for the six previous consecutive quarters.
Synaptics divests Mobile LCD TDDI business to Hua Capital December 23, 2019 Synaptics has signed a definitive agreement to divest its Asia-based, mobile LCD TDDI business to Hua Capital, through a special purpose entity backed by Hua-Capital Cayman, L.P., for USD 120 million in cash.
DigiLens, Crystal Optech partner on AR technology December 18, 2019 DigiLens Inc. has announced its first China-based licensee, Crystal Optech, and the hiring of Country Manager Xiaoshu Lin, based in China.
US-China trade impacts global top ten IC design companies September 05, 2019 The global top ten IC design companies for 2Q19 ranked by revenue have just been released by TrendForce, in which we see revenues of the top five all falling YoY.
Helix Semiconductors appoints VP of Engineering August 16, 2019 Fabless power semiconductor company Helix Semiconductors has appointed Philip Crawley as vice president of engineering.
NI appoints SVP and GM of semiconductor business August 02, 2019 National Instruments (Nasdaq: NATI) today announced the appointment of Ritu Favre as senior vice president and general manager of the semiconductor business. In this role, Favre will set the strategic direction to drive business growth and build on the company’s positive momentum in the industry.
Mythic Secures $30M in new financing June 13, 2019 Mythic, an AI inference processor company with analog compute-in-memory technology, has secured USD 30 million in Series B-1 funding led by Valor Equity Partners, with additional new investors Future Ventures, Atreides, Micron Ventures, and Lam Research.
In-display fingerprint sensors on the rise August 31, 2018 Samsung will launch models with in-display fingerprint sensors, following Vivo, Huawei, Xiaomi, and OPPO, says TrendForce. The adoption by these major Android smartphones has constantly increased the penetration of in-display fingerprint technologies, among which ultrasonic and optical fingerprint sensing have made considerable breakthroughs.
The Dialog / Synaptics deal is off the table August 01, 2018 Dialog Semiconductor says that today (July 31, 2018) the company has terminated discussions with Synaptics Incorporated regarding a potential acquisition of Synaptics.
Globafoundries surpasses USD 2bn in Design Win revenue July 12, 2018 Globafoundries’ 22nm FD-SOI technology has delivered 50 design wins and more than two billion dollars of client design win revenue.
Potential Dialog / Synapics - Deal is confirmed June 20, 2018 Dialog Semiconductor Plc. has announced it will 'proceed with Due Diligence for a potential acquisition of Synaptics'.
Under-display fingerprint sensor for smartphones to top 100M units by 2019 April 30, 2018 Smartphone brands are expected to increase their adoption of under-display fingerprint sensors, which allow phones to have full-screen displays with an invisible fingerprint feature, according to IHS Markit.
Apple is secretly developing its own displays March 20, 2018 The Cupertino company is reportedly designing and producing its own screens – for the first time. Apple is said to be using a secret manufacturing facility close to its California HQ to make small batches of the displays for testing.
Mike Rayfield and David Wang join AMD January 24, 2018 AMD has appointed Mike Rayfield as senior vice president and general manager of AMD Radeon Technologies Group (RTG), and David Wang as senior vice president of engineering for RTG.
1bn fewer fingerprint sensors shipped from 2017 to 2021 January 23, 2018 The fingerprint sensors market is facing a major disruption following the introduction of Face ID, a facial recognition system designed and developed by Apple for its iPhone X, along with the forthcoming arrival of in-display sensors and Chinese vendors winning market share from Western vendors.
TDDI approaches maturation August 28, 2017 The share of In-Cell solutions in the global smartphone market is estimated to reach 31.9 percent by the end of 2017, according to the latest research on touch display solutions by WitsView, a division of TrendForce.
Apple supplier Synaptics issues layoffs and office closures June 17, 2016 Supplier of touch controllers and fingerprint sensors, Synaptics, has via a securities and exchange commission filling informed that it intends to plans to eliminate about 160 employee positions and reduce headcount globally by approximately 9%.
Though times ahead for fingerprint sensor market March 02, 2016 Scandinavia has in a short time become somewhat of a hub for companies working with fingerprint sensors. And now, companies such as Fingerprint Cards, Next Biometrics, Idex and Precise Biometrics are expected to see even greater competition.
Apple supplier list February 24, 2015 As usual, Apple (and in turn Evertiq) is publishing a list of their 200 top suppliers as part of their Social Responsibility Report.
Chinese fingerprint sensors flood market February 18, 2015 Market experts believe that we will see a dominance of ZTE and TPK in second half of 2015.
The Nexus 9 Teardown January 05, 2015 If we were to describe the HTC/Google Nexus 9 in a single word, it would be “meh.”
Apple and Samsung to drive fingerprint sensor market growth October 15, 2014 Apple and Samsung will drive the value of the fingerprint sensor market fourfold to over $1.7 billion by 2020 according to IHS.
Oculus Rift DK2 - The Teardown August 14, 2014 When a device like the Oculus Rift DK2 comes through our doors, we dance around like giddy schoolgirls and schoolboys. We literally have to fight our esteemed coworkers—sometimes to the death—to keep the device out of their hands long enough to complete the teardown.