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Synaptics and WNC Partner to Bring AI Capabilities to Smart Display

Partnership leverages Synaptics’ SyNAP™ framework to quickly bring biometrics, interactive gaming, and assisted wellness to smart monitors, operator assistants, security panels, and kitchen appliances

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, Sept. 09, 2022 – Synaptics® Incorporated (Nasdaq: SYNA) today announced the availability of WNC’s Smart Display platform, powered by the Synaptics VS600 series processor and the Synaptics SyNAP™ development framework. The platform leverages the camera ISP, multimedia processing, display, security, and artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities of the VS600 series to enable advanced features such as:

  • Biometrics, using face and voice identification
  • Interactive gaming
  • Augmented reality
  • AI-assisted wellness

“The incorporation of AI into display devices has the potential to completely change how viewers interact with these screens,” said Craig Stein, SVP and GM at Synaptics. “It shifts these devices from display-only into interactive platforms that can be used standalone to enable a new level of end-user experiences.”

The Smart Display platform comprises primarily the VS600 and Synaptics’ SyNAP development framework, along with the LCD and wireless connectivity. Its versatility addresses multiple market segments such as operator assistants, monitors, video conferencing devices, security panels, and kitchen appliances.

Synaptics’ VS680 and VS640 SoCs will be on display at IBC2022: email press@synaptics.com or contact your local Synaptics sales representative to book time at our IBC Balcony Booth BS17.

The VS600 series was first demonstrated in January 2020. Since then, it has shipped in millions of products that leverage its combination of high-end multicore CPUs, GPUs, as well as dedicated neural processing units (NPUs) that efficiently run complex machine learning (ML) inference. The SyNAP AI framework enables AI partners to quickly implement and optimize AI models to add differentiating features to their products.

Availability:
For more information on the VS600 and the WNC platform, contact your local Synaptics sales representative or WNC’s sales representative.

About WNC:
Established in 1996, Wistron NeWeb Corporation (WNC) specializes in the design, development, and manufacturing of cutting-edge communications products. WNC has a global presence and technical expertise that encompasses applications from broadband, mobility, multimedia, and the IoT to wireline and wireless communications, with a product scope covering network communications, network infrastructure, smart home, and advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS). For more information, visit www.wnc.com.tw.

About Synaptics Incorporated

Synaptics (Nasdaq: SYNA) is leading the charge in AI at the Edge, bringing AI closer to end users and transforming how we engage with intelligent connected devices, whether at home, at work, or on the move. As the go-to partner for the world’s most forward-thinking product innovators, Synaptics powers the future with its cutting-edge Synaptics Astra™ AI-Native embedded compute, Veros™ wireless connectivity, and multimodal sensing solutions. We’re making the digital experience smarter, faster, more intuitive, secure, and seamless. From touch, display, and biometrics to AI-driven wireless connectivity, video, vision, audio, speech, and security processing, Synaptics is the force behind the next generation of technology enhancing how we live, work, and play. 

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