Synaptics

Synaptics Incorporated

 * https://www.synaptics.com/

Timeline

 * 1986 - Synaptics is founded by noted scientists to research neural networks.
 * 2007 - Synaptics touch sensors are designed into capacitive-touchscreen LG Prada.
 * 2014 - Synaptics acquires Renesas SP Drivers (integrated touch and display drivers).
 * 2017 - Synaptics acquires Conexant (Smart Consumer IoT) and Marvell (Multimedia).
 * 2018 - Synaptics completed the acquisition of Marvell’s Multimedia Solutions Business • MCT

Processors

 * https://www.synaptics.com/products/multimedia-solutions

VideoSmart Multimedia Processors

 * BG2 - Dual Core ARM PJ4B-MP CPU @1.2GHz
 * Marvell 88DE3100 (Armada 1500) ARM v7


 * BG2CD - Single Core ARM Cortex-A9 CPU @1.2GHz
 * Marvell 88DE3005 (Armada 1500 Mini) ARM v7


 * BG2CDP - Dual Core ARM Cortex-A7 CPU @1.2GHz
 * Marvell 88DE3006 (Armada 1500 Mini Plus) ARM v7


 * BG2Q - Quad Core ARM Cortex-A9 CPU @1.2GHz
 * Marvell 88DE3114 (Armada 1500 Pro) ARM v7


 * BG2Q4K - Quad Core ARM Cortex-A9 CPU @1.5GHz (4K UHD, Qdeo, RSE)
 * Marvell 88DE3214 (Armada 1500 Pro 4K) ARM v7


 * BG3 - Quad Core ARM Cortex-A15 CPU (integrated L2CC)
 * Synaptics BG3 - Quad Core ARM Cortex-A15 CPU


 * BG3CD - Dual Core ARM Cortex-A7 CPU @1.6GHz (Qdeo, RSE)
 * Marvell 88DE3008 (Armada 1500 Mini Plus) ARM v7


 * BG4CDP - Dual Core ARM Cortex-A53 CPU (4K UHD, Qdeo, RSE, HDR)
 * Synaptics BG4CDP - Dual Core (ARM Cortex-A53) ARM v8, GPU


 * BG4CT - Quad Core ARM Cortex-A53 CPU @1.2/1.5GHz (4K UHD, Qdeo, RSE)
 * Marvell 88DE3218 (Armada 1500 Ultra) ARM v8, GPU: Vivante GC7000XS


 * BG5CT - Quad Core ARM Cortex-A53 CPU @1.6GHz (4K UHD, Qdeo, RSE, HDR)
 * Synaptics BG5CT - Quad Core (ARM Cortex-A53) @1.6GHz ARM v8 (15K DMIPS)

Multimedia Solutions

 * Berlin Family - Home Entertainment (now Synaptics)
 * The Berlin family was acquired by Synaptics from Marvell in 2017.

Devices

 * Google Chromecast
 * Google Chromecast Ultra (NC2-6A5-D) - Synaptics BG4CDP (Marvell 88DE3009 ?) (@1.5GHz ?) • iFixit