Synaptics Incorporated (Nasdaq: SYNA) has announced the SYN765x, an AI-native wireless solution for edge intelligence. The single-chip device combined AI-optimised compute with integrated Wi-Fi 7 and has been designed to deliver real-time intelligence to smart appliances, home automation systems, and Industrial IoT (IIoT) applications.
The SYN765x has integrated Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth Low Energy 6.0, and Thread (network protocol)/Zigbee across the 2.4, 5, and 6 GHz bands. Dedicated on-chip acceleration has supported predefined AI-native control and signal-processing functions, reducing the host processor load while meeting latency and power requirements.
Designed for high-performance wireless connectivity, the SYN765x has paired essential compute as an on-chip companion for edge devices. Its single-chip integration has reduced system space requirements, simplified design, and enabled engineering flexibility and cost savings.
The SYN765x has brought advanced Wi-Fi 7 capabilities to low-power designs, enabling lower latency, seamless band switching, fast and secure reconnections, and access to the interference-free 6 GHz spectrum. Previously, power and cost constraints have limited the adoption of newer Wi-Fi standards in embedded systems. This solution has reduced these barriers and accelerated next-generation Wi-Fi adoption in Edge IoT devices.
The SYN765x enables advanced wireless sensing, including presence detection, motion tracking, and proximity awareness using standard Wi-Fi and Bluetooth signals. For Wi-Fi sensing, it has combined high-accuracy Channel State Information (CSI) extraction with on-device machine learning. This architecture has delivered high accuracy and reliability, supporting a wider range of sensing use cases compared to other connectivity solutions in its class.
In addition, Bluetooth Channel Sounding has enabled accurate, power-efficient distance measurements under typical operating conditions, providing an alternative to more expensive technologies such as mmWave radar or ultra-wideband. Integrated logic, DSP, and NPU resources have provided a high-performance platform for embedded Edge AI workloads, while AI-driven contextual awareness has improved power efficiency.
The SYN765x has supported flexible deployment models. It has operated as a co-processor alongside a host application processor or MCU, or in standalone and host-less configurations due to its on-chip memory and processing resources. By eliminating the need for a separate microcontroller in many designs, the SYN765x has reduced system complexity and cost, enabling a new class of high-performance, battery-powered IoT devices.
“Intelligence at the Edge demands uncompromising wireless performance,” said Vikram Gupta, SVP & GM, Edge Compute & Connectivity Division, Synaptics. “SYN765x extends our leadership in wireless technology by integrating Wi-Fi® 7, BLE, Thread/Zigbee with AI-native processing. This simplifies system design, lowers power and cost barriers, and accelerates adoption of next-generation wireless across consumer, industrial, and enterprise IoT markets.”
SYN765x Features briefly:
- Tri-band, 1×1 20 MHz, Bluetooth 6.0, Thread (network protocol)
- Concurrent operation of Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and Thread
- Sustained 20 Mbps throughput up to 200 m
- AI-enabled algorithms supporting Wi-Fi sensing, Bluetooth channel sounding, and sound event detection
- Triple-combo integration with PCB footprint < 100 mm²
- QFN package enabling non-HDI PCB
- Integrated LNA, PA, and T/R switches
- Up to 25% lower RBOM compared to comparable multi-chip solutions
- Extensive peripheral support: UART, SPI, SDIO, I²C, I²S, USB, GPIO, ADC, DAC, PDM
Global customers and partners count on Synaptics to power the next generation of connected, AI-enabled IoT applications.
Gilles Drieu, Chief Technology Officer, ADT
“Connectivity is at the heart of everything we deliver to our customers. Our partnership with Synaptics enables us to build security solutions that are more reliable, intelligent, and responsive. Their portfolio of connectivity solutions gives us the flexibility and performance we need to design next-generation systems that protect homes more effectively, while remaining simple to deploy and manage.”
Janet Wei, CEO, Ampak
“Synaptics has been a trusted technology partner for many years, and our longstanding collaboration has been instrumental in advancing connectivity solutions across a wide range of applications. Together, we’ve consistently pushed the boundaries of performance, integration, and reliability, enabling customers worldwide to deploy robust, scalable wireless solutions and reinforcing our shared vision for the future of connected devices.”
Spencer Maid, President and CEO, Origin AI
“Synaptics brings world-class AI and connectivity capabilities that perfectly complement Origin’s AI Sensing platform. Together, we’re unlocking powerful new use cases that transform everyday environments into smarter, more adaptive spaces.”
Andrew Zignani, Senior Research Director, ABI Research, Strategic Technologies Team
“Artificial intelligence has been migrating out from data centers throughout the network, and now the Edge is truly ripe for local AI. From factory equipment, where reliability and security are key, to consumer electronics, where price sensitivity and privacy is acute, to wearables, where weight, size, and battery life are critical, Synaptics’ latest offering effectively balances and optimizes computing and reliable, future proof connectivity to better serve the evolving requirements and growing diversity of product types found at the network Edge.”
Mohit Agrawal, Global Practice Head for Edge AI and IoT, Counterpoint Research
“The shift from cloud-centric IoT architectures to real-time Edge intelligence is accelerating, particularly as latency, privacy, and bandwidth efficiency become critical design priorities. Integrating AI acceleration with Wi-Fi 7 on a single SoC represents an important step forward for the AIoT ecosystem. As Wi-Fi 7 adoption expands over the next several years, solutions that tightly couple on-device inference with high-performance connectivity will be well positioned to support next-generation smart home, industrial, and infrastructure applications.”
Availability
The Synaptics SYN765x solution is expected to begin sampling in the second quarter of 2026, with production targeted for the fourth quarter of 2026. Development kits are also expected to be available for sampling in Q2 2026.
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