Synaptics
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Synaptics is a technology company best known for developing human–computer interface hardware and solutions, including touchpads, touchscreens, and fingerprint sensors used in a wide range of consumer electronics.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Synaptics canonical | 3 |
| Synaptics Incorporated | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7387392 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Synaptics Context triple: [Federico Faggin, employer, Synaptics]
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A.
Flextronics International
Flextronics International is a global electronics manufacturing services company that designs, builds, and services products for leading technology brands across various industries.
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B.
Broadcom
Broadcom is a major global semiconductor and infrastructure software company known for its broad portfolio of chips and enterprise solutions used in networking, storage, broadband, and wireless communications.
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C.
Logitech
Logitech is a Swiss-based technology company best known for designing and manufacturing computer peripherals and accessories such as mice, keyboards, webcams, and gaming gear.
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D.
Xicor
Xicor was a semiconductor company best known for designing and manufacturing non-volatile memory and analog integrated circuits.
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E.
Infineon Technologies
Infineon Technologies is a leading German semiconductor manufacturer known for its automotive, power, and security electronics solutions.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Synaptics Target entity description: Synaptics is a technology company best known for developing human–computer interface hardware and solutions, including touchpads, touchscreens, and fingerprint sensors used in a wide range of consumer electronics.
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A.
Flextronics International
Flextronics International is a global electronics manufacturing services company that designs, builds, and services products for leading technology brands across various industries.
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B.
Broadcom
Broadcom is a major global semiconductor and infrastructure software company known for its broad portfolio of chips and enterprise solutions used in networking, storage, broadband, and wireless communications.
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C.
Logitech
Logitech is a Swiss-based technology company best known for designing and manufacturing computer peripherals and accessories such as mice, keyboards, webcams, and gaming gear.
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D.
Xicor
Xicor was a semiconductor company best known for designing and manufacturing non-volatile memory and analog integrated circuits.
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E.
Infineon Technologies
Infineon Technologies is a leading German semiconductor manufacturer known for its automotive, power, and security electronics solutions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
public company
ⓘ
technology company ⓘ |
| competesWith |
Cypress Semiconductor
ⓘ
Elan Microelectronics ⓘ FocalTech ⓘ Goodix ⓘ |
| coreBusiness |
design of integrated circuits for input devices
ⓘ
licensing of interface technologies ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| formerlyKnownAs |
Synaptics Incorporated
ⓘ
linked to:
Synaptics
|
| foundedInPeriod | 1980s ⓘ |
| hasBusinessModel | B2B component supplier ⓘ |
| hasCustomerType |
original design manufacturers
ⓘ
original equipment manufacturers ⓘ |
| hasRAndDCapability |
biometric security
ⓘ
human–machine interface design ⓘ low-power embedded processing ⓘ mixed-signal integrated circuits ⓘ |
| hasTechnology |
TDDI (touch and display driver integration)
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capacitive touch controllers ⓘ display driver ICs ⓘ optical fingerprint sensing ⓘ secure biometric processing ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | San Jose, California ⓘ |
| industry |
consumer electronics components
ⓘ
human–computer interaction ⓘ semiconductors ⓘ |
| knownFor |
TouchPad pointing device technology
ⓘ
linked to:
Multi-Touch trackpad
capacitive touch sensing technology ⓘ integrated fingerprint sensor solutions ⓘ |
| productUsedIn |
PC peripherals
ⓘ
automotive displays ⓘ laptop computers ⓘ notebook PCs ⓘ smartphones ⓘ tablets ⓘ |
| servesMarket |
IoT device manufacturers
ⓘ
PC OEMs ⓘ automotive manufacturers ⓘ mobile device manufacturers ⓘ |
| specializesIn |
IoT connectivity solutions
ⓘ
biometric authentication solutions ⓘ display driver integrated circuits ⓘ fingerprint sensors ⓘ human–computer interface hardware ⓘ touchpads ⓘ touchscreens ⓘ |
| stockExchange | NASDAQ ⓘ |
| tickerSymbol | SYNA ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Synaptics Description of subject: Synaptics is a technology company best known for developing human–computer interface hardware and solutions, including touchpads, touchscreens, and fingerprint sensors used in a wide range of consumer electronics.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Synaptics