Synaptics Integrates Validity’s new VFS 201 Fingerprint Sensor with the TouchPad in an Elegant and Design-Friendly Style
SANTA CLARA, Calif. and TAIPEI, Taiwan-June 4, 2007 – Synaptics Incorporated (NASDAQ: SYNA), a leading developer of interface solutions for mobile computing, communications, and entertainment devices, today announced its second generation of SecurePadTM, a biometric TouchPad solution created for notebooks.
Synaptics’ exclusive partnership with Validity Sensors, Inc. allows Synaptics to offer TouchPad interface solutions that incorporate Validity’s LiveFlexTM fingerprint sensing technology for convenient and reliable biometric security in the notebook market. The latest SecurePad is based on Validity’s smaller VFS 201 sensor, offering even further integration with the touchpad and therefore more flexibility for the notebook market customers from a design and ergonomics standpoint. The VFS 201 is also based on Validity’s breakthrough LiveFlex technology that offers the industry’s most durable, accurate and reliable fingerprint solution. Designed to be compatible with industry’s most recognized standard software solutions, SecurePad offers OEMs complete design flexibility to customize security solutions to meet their specific requirements for the corporate and consumer markets.
Synaptics incorporates the Validity VFS201 sensor into the touchpad design for a totally integrated solution. This completely flexible solution offers OEMs with built-to-order or customize-to-order options from Synaptics without having to source the technology from multiple suppliers. With the LiveFlex sensor, users simply swipe their finger over a durable plastic surface to enter login information, provide identification and view secure data, eliminating the need to remember multiple usernames and passwords. In addition, the LiveFlex sensor solves design challenges of current fingerprint sensors by separating the interface from the silicon, dramatically increasing sensor resistance to electrostatic discharge (ESD).
“Today’s announcement enhances Synaptics’ leadership position in the notebook market by offering corporate customers and consumers reliable, easy-to-integrate security solutions like SecurePad,” explained Mark Vena, Vice President of the PC Business Unit of Synaptics. “Our exclusive partnership with Validity allows us to offer best in class security solutions that meet the expanding needs of notebook OEMs and addresses the growing importance of protecting and securing data in the PC market.”
“The Synaptics and Validity partnership is helping to offer our customers a flexible and integrated solution of the touchpad with the Validity Fingerprint sensor,” said Mariel van Tatenhove, Vice President of Marketing and Business Development at Validity, Inc. “The latest generation SecurePad, with the smaller VFS201 sensor, offers our customers an easy build-to-order or configure-to-order solution.”
Availability
Production samples are available today. For more information on Synaptics’ SecurePad interface solutions, visit www.synaptics.com/products/securepad.cfm or email sales@synaptics.com.
About Synaptics
Synaptics (NASDAQ: SYNA) is a leading developer of interface solutions for the mobile computing, communications, and entertainment industries. The company creates interface solutions for a variety of devices including notebook PCs, PC peripherals, digital music players, and mobile phones. The TouchPadTM, Synaptics’ flagship product, is integrated into a majority of today’s notebook computers. Consumer electronics and computing manufacturers use Synaptics’ solutions to enrich the interaction between humans and intelligent devices through improved usability, functionality and industrial design. The company is headquartered in Santa Clara, California. www.synaptics.com
About Validity Sensors, Inc.
Headquartered in San Jose, California, Validity Sensors, Inc. develops the world’s most durable, flexible and highest performing biometric fingerprint sensor for communication and information devices for PC, Mobile, Portable Media and Access Control markets.
Validity’s biometric security products enable a wide range of convenient features including password replacement, identity verification, centralized management for corporate network security, secure wireless transactions, protection of portable data, and physical access control.
Synaptics, LightTouch, TouchPad, SecurePad and the Synaptics logo are trademarks of Synaptics in the United States and/or other countries.
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For further information, please contact:
Synaptics
Tara Yingst
650-762-2942
tara.yingst@edelman.com
Validity Sensors
Paul Erhart
480-385-3168
paul.erhart@validityinc.com
