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Synaptics is a touchpad
Touchpad

A touchpad is a pointing device consisting of specialized surface that can translate the motion and position of a user's fingers to a relative position on screen....
 original equipment manufacturer
Original Equipment Manufacturer

OEM stands for "Original Equipment Manufacturer".An original equipment manufacturer, or OEM is typically a company that uses a component made by a second company in its own product, or sells the product of the second company under its own brand....
 (OEM) provider for most major computer and laptop companies, such as Asus
ASUS

ASUSTeK Computer Incorporated , a Taiwanese multinational company, produces motherboards, graphics cards, optical drives, PDAs, computer monitors, notebook computers, Server , computer networking devices, mobile phones, computer cases, Electronic component, and computer cooling systems....
, Acer
Acer (company)

Acer Incorporated is a Taiwanese multinational electronics manufacturer. It owns the largest franchised computer retail chain in Taipei, Taiwan....
, Dell
Dell

Dell, Inc. is a multinational corporation technology corporation that develops, manufactures, sells, and supports personal computers and other computer-related products....
, HP
Hewlett-Packard

The Hewlett-Packard Company , commonly referred to as HP, is a technology corporation headquartered in Palo Alto, California, United States....
, Sony
Sony

is a multinational corporation list of conglomerates corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan, and one of the world's largest media conglomerates with revenue exceeding US$99.1 billion ....
, Toshiba
Toshiba

is a multinational corporation list of conglomerates manufacturing company, headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. The company's main business is in Infrastructure, Consumer Products, and Electronic devices and components....
, Gateway, IBM
IBM

International Business Machines Corporation, abbreviated IBM and nicknamed "Big Blue" , is a multinational corporation computer technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, New York, United States....
, Lenovo, Samsung, Packard Bell
Packard Bell

Packard Bell is a subsidiary of Taiwan-based Acer Inc.. It is a name used by two different consumer electronics companies. The first was an American radio manufacturer founded in 1926, that later became a defense contractor and manufacturer of other consumer electronics, such as television sets....
 and several others. Synaptics is located in Santa Clara
Santa Clara, California

Santa Clara, California , founded in 1777 and incorporated in 1852, is a city in Santa Clara County, California, in the U.S. state of California....
, California
California

California is a U.S. state on the West Coast of the United States of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and to the south the Mexico state of Baja California....
 and was founded in 1986 by Federico Faggin
Federico Faggin

Federico Faggin is an Italy-born physicist/electrical engineer, principally responsible for the design of the first microprocessor and responsible for leading the Intel 4004 to its successful outcome and for promoting its marketing....
 who asked Carver Mead
Carver Mead

Professor Carver Andress Mead is a prominent United States computer scientist. He is the Gordon and Betty Moore professor emeritus at the California Institute of Technology , having taught there for over 40 years....
 to join him as co-founder.

Synaptics Incorporated engages in the development and supply of user interface products, such as touchpads, which are used to interact with a variety of mobile computing, communications, entertainment, and other electronic devices.






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Synaptics Touchpad
Synaptics is a touchpad
Touchpad

A touchpad is a pointing device consisting of specialized surface that can translate the motion and position of a user's fingers to a relative position on screen....
 original equipment manufacturer
Original Equipment Manufacturer

OEM stands for "Original Equipment Manufacturer".An original equipment manufacturer, or OEM is typically a company that uses a component made by a second company in its own product, or sells the product of the second company under its own brand....
 (OEM) provider for most major computer and laptop companies, such as Asus
ASUS

ASUSTeK Computer Incorporated , a Taiwanese multinational company, produces motherboards, graphics cards, optical drives, PDAs, computer monitors, notebook computers, Server , computer networking devices, mobile phones, computer cases, Electronic component, and computer cooling systems....
, Acer
Acer (company)

Acer Incorporated is a Taiwanese multinational electronics manufacturer. It owns the largest franchised computer retail chain in Taipei, Taiwan....
, Dell
Dell

Dell, Inc. is a multinational corporation technology corporation that develops, manufactures, sells, and supports personal computers and other computer-related products....
, HP
Hewlett-Packard

The Hewlett-Packard Company , commonly referred to as HP, is a technology corporation headquartered in Palo Alto, California, United States....
, Sony
Sony

is a multinational corporation list of conglomerates corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan, and one of the world's largest media conglomerates with revenue exceeding US$99.1 billion ....
, Toshiba
Toshiba

is a multinational corporation list of conglomerates manufacturing company, headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. The company's main business is in Infrastructure, Consumer Products, and Electronic devices and components....
, Gateway, IBM
IBM

International Business Machines Corporation, abbreviated IBM and nicknamed "Big Blue" , is a multinational corporation computer technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, New York, United States....
, Lenovo, Samsung, Packard Bell
Packard Bell

Packard Bell is a subsidiary of Taiwan-based Acer Inc.. It is a name used by two different consumer electronics companies. The first was an American radio manufacturer founded in 1926, that later became a defense contractor and manufacturer of other consumer electronics, such as television sets....
 and several others. Synaptics is located in Santa Clara
Santa Clara, California

Santa Clara, California , founded in 1777 and incorporated in 1852, is a city in Santa Clara County, California, in the U.S. state of California....
, California
California

California is a U.S. state on the West Coast of the United States of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and to the south the Mexico state of Baja California....
 and was founded in 1986 by Federico Faggin
Federico Faggin

Federico Faggin is an Italy-born physicist/electrical engineer, principally responsible for the design of the first microprocessor and responsible for leading the Intel 4004 to its successful outcome and for promoting its marketing....
 who asked Carver Mead
Carver Mead

Professor Carver Andress Mead is a prominent United States computer scientist. He is the Gordon and Betty Moore professor emeritus at the California Institute of Technology , having taught there for over 40 years....
 to join him as co-founder.

Synaptics Incorporated engages in the development and supply of user interface products, such as touchpads, which are used to interact with a variety of mobile computing, communications, entertainment, and other electronic devices. The company provides an array of technologies, including ASICs, firmware, software, and pattern recognition and touch sensing technologies.

The company had found success in interface products for MP3 players in some versions of the iPod
IPod

iPod is a brand of portable media players designed and marketed by Apple Inc. and launched on . The product line-up includes the hard drive-based iPod Classic, the touchscreen iPod Touch, the video-capable iPod Nano, and the compact iPod Shuffle....
 and iPod mini
IPod mini

The iPod Mini is a digital audio player designed and marketed by Apple Inc. It was the midrange model in Apple's iPod product line. It was announced on January 6, 2004 and released on February 20 of the same year....
 and the touchpads found on later Creative Zen
Creative Zen

The Creative ZEN is a range of digital audio players and portable media players made by Creative Technology. The players evolved from the now-defunct Creative NOMAD brand through the NOMAD Jukebox series....
 devices, including the new Synaptics' touch screen concept Onyx phone device which is not unlike the Apple iPhone
IPhone

The iPhone is an internet-connected multimedia smartphone designed and marketed by Apple Inc. with a flush multi-touch screen and a minimal hardware interface....
.

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Synaptics touchpads are found on many notebooks and third-party keyboards. Their driver software can be used to customise many features in the product, including:
  • ability to map different areas (edges and corners) of the touchpad to different soft functions,
  • adjust the size of the areas for scrolling, and taps,
  • record macros to be played back by one of the soft areas or hard buttons, and
  • control various mouse features of several mice on the same system independently.


Synaptics drivers are also mouse friendly, and will support users who have both a touchpad and one or more mice connected at the same time. Buttons on normal mice can also be customized, and there are no 'movement slowdown' issues as with Cirque touchpad products.

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