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Integration with proven AI-enriched audio processing SoC delivers edge-based voice biometrics with unprecedented performance

February 1, 2021
Category: AI, Edge Computing, Voice

ID R&D, the award-winning biometric and liveness detection technology company, announced an integration with Synaptics on its VideoSmart VS600 platform that leverages SyNAP technology to enable edge computing devices to take advantage of sophisticated voice biometrics for fast and accurate user identification, authentication, and personalization. The...

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January 22, 2021
Category: AI, Edge Computing, IoT

In our connected world, AI-enriched devices and systems have dramatically improved the convenience, enjoyment and safety of how we live, work and move about. These AI capabilities are enabled by powerful processors driving innovative algorithms that embed intelligence on edge devices and process data locally for a wide range of smart applications for home automation, office, industrial, agriculture, security, and entertainment. This is...

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January 15, 2021

The smartphone market is a brutally competitive one and suppliers battle it out on a wide range of features with each new generation of device. Perhaps most obvious to consumers – and influential in their purchase of a new smartphone – is the device’s display. Beside being the most visible part of the device, it is also where people spend the most time these days. Ironically, what was developed as an audio communications device has...

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October 20, 2020
Category: AI, Edge Computing

The momentum behind ultra-high definition (UHD) or 4K displays is one of the more interesting growth areas in all of electronics. Market forecasters estimate it to be worth about $48 billion in 2019 and growing at a CAGR of 23% from 2020-2025. The potential for significantly enhanced viewing and gaming experiences has consumers excited about video quality that is four times as good as previous generation displays (UHD has roughly four times...

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October 1, 2020

An interesting but typically lesser known part of the Synaptics business is in the technology that enables products which connect PCs and various peripherals – monitors, keyboards, headsets, cameras, printers, etc. The latest docking stations, hubs, dongles, converters and adaptors don’t usually get the same headlines as the devices that they link, but they’ve taken on new prominence in this era of work and school from home. Consumers are...

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