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Synaptics May Have Lost A Samsung Design Win

Touchscreen and interface technology provider Synaptics (SYNA) was downgraded Thursday by Pacific Crest Securities on concerns that industry competition and snafus with its fingerprint technology competition could offset strong demand from Apple for Synaptics’ signature display drivers. “Based on supply chain conversations, we believe Synaptics has likely lost the touch controller socket on the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S6 (GS6) to

CES could provide boost to Synaptics, others

The massive Consumer Electronics Show, officially called International CES, opens next Tuesday in Las Vegas and it could give Synaptics (SYNA) a boost, Cowen and Co. said Tuesday. The maker of touch-interface technology for mobile devices and PCs is among the companies that could get “a CES bounce on design win news,” Cowen analyst Robert Stone said in a research note. Companies announcing the use of Synaptics components would validate the trend toward smart displays and the ramp of area fingerprint sensors for smartphones and other devices, he said. Synaptics is poised to benefit from greater use of touch display driver integration (TDDI) with in-cell screens, which could cut the cost of touch displays by 50%, he said. TDDI screens are expected to be in 70 million devices in 2015, 140 million in 2016 and reaching 470 million units in 2018. That represents a compound annual growth rate of 88%,…

Synaptics Human Interface Business Has More Upside

Synaptics (SYNA) received some favorable reviews from analysts after the touch-interface company raised its outlook for its fiscal second quarter and announced the retirement of its chief financial officer after the market close Thursday. Synaptics rose 3% to near 66 in afternoon trading in the stock market today. Synaptics makes human interface technology for smartphones, tablets, PCs, notebooks and other consumer electronic devices. The company