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Synaptics Creates New LightTouch Button Module for NEC LaVie TW Notebook Computer

SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan 13, 2005 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Synaptics(R) Incorporated (Nasdaq: SYNA), a leading developer of interface solutions for mobile computing, communications, and entertainment devices, today announced the first implementation of the LightTouch(TM) capacitive button module in a notebook computer.

Located at the top of the keyboard, the custom designed LightTouch module includes six LEDs in blue, red and green and 10 buttons that control multimedia functions for the notebook, including TV channel, DVD/CD, play/pause, record, fast-forward, rewind, and volume. The LEDs provide visual indicators for button location and function status, and enhance the overall user experience.

"We were able to customize the LightTouch solution to provide the multimedia functionality NEC needed, while creating a compelling and unique industrial design," explains Don Kirby, Synaptics' general manager of PC products. "We are pleased to be working with innovative companies like NEC who are focused on device design and user experience."

"We wanted to create a stylish design to highlight the new multimedia features of our latest notebook," explained the NEC development team. "By using Synaptics LightTouch module, we were able to offer our customers simple, intuitive controls in an elegant design."

Availability:

The NEC LaVie TW notebook PC will be available in Japan starting January 27, 2005. For more information on the NEC LaVie notebook, please visit http://121ware.com/lavie/tw/ (Japanese language only).

About Synaptics Incorporated

Synaptics is a leading developer of interface solutions for the mobile computing, communications and entertainment industries. The company creates interface solutions for a variety of devices including notebook PCs, PC peripherals, digital music players, and mobile phones. The TouchPad(TM), Synaptics' flagship product, is integrated into more than 50 percent of today's notebook computers. Consumer electronics and computing manufacturers use Synaptics' solutions to enrich the interaction between humans and intelligent devices through improved usability, functionality and industrial design. The company is headquartered in San Jose, California. www.synaptics.com

NOTE: Synaptics, the Synaptics logo, and LightTouch are trademarks of Synaptics in the United States and/or other countries.

All other marks are the property of their respective owners.

This press release contains "forward-looking" statements about Synaptics, as that term is defined under the federal securities laws. Synaptics intends such forward-looking statements to be subject to the safe-harbor created by those laws. Such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to expectations of the market acceptability of the LightTouch product. Synaptics cautions that these statements are qualified by important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected by the forward- looking statements contained herein. Such factors include, but are not limited to: (a) market demand for Synaptics' LightTouch interface solutions in the notebook market (b) market demand for NEC products using Synaptics' solution, and (c) the failure of Synaptics' products and OEM products to deliver commercially acceptable performance, and other risks as identified from time to time in Synaptics' SEC reports, including Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K, and Annual Reports on Form 10-K. All forward-looking statements are based on information available to Synaptics on the date hereof, and Synaptics assumes no obligation to update such statements.

Contact: Amanda Mena of Synaptics Incorporated, +1-408-434-0110, ext. 178, or amena@synaptics.com; or Trisha Mirel of Edelman, +1-650-429-2743, or trisha.mirel@edelman.com, for Synaptics.

SOURCE Synaptics Incorporated 

Amanda Mena of Synaptics Incorporated, +1-408-434-0110, ext. 178, or
amena@synaptics.com; or Trisha Mirel of Edelman, +1-650-429-2743, or
trisha.mirel@edelman.com, for Synaptics

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