Synaptics ForcePad™ 
A New Dimension in Capacitive Input: Pressure
The latest addition to the Synaptics TouchPad™ portfolio, ForcePad™ technology is a game-changing innovation that alters the human-machine interface by delivering a new dimension of control—pressure. ForcePad technology detects per-finger pressure, giving users an entirely new element of intuitive control. Because it’s engineered to respond to varying levels of pressure, ForcePad products enable more intuitive and precise user interactions in both operating system controls and applications including multi-touch gestures. ForcePad solutions are also very thin, and because it does not require additional buttons, it is designed for larger surface areas that are compatible with Microsoft’s larger touchpad size recommendations.
This new ForcePad offers:
•	Detects individual finger pressure up to 7N
•	Variable pressure detection provides allows for more efficient, more ergonomically-friendly gesture motions. Less repetition makes for a better user experience.
•	Easy and standardized programming model for developers
•	More intuitive application-based user-interactions
Additionally, ForcePad delivers a more uniform ClickEQ experience compared to traditional hinge-design ClickPads™. ForcePad is designed with Intel® Ultrabook™ in mind, adding depth to thinner, lighter notebooks.
Features and Benefits
•	Multi-finger Pressure Detection
In addition to best-in-class image sensing performance, ForcePad detects up to 5 fingers of variable pressure, at 6 bit resolution and up to 700 grams of force.
•	Force-enhanced Gesture Continuation
Multi-touch gestures now benefit from Force-enhanced Gesture Continuation technology, which allows more complete control (e.g. variable speed control) and eliminates repetitive motion.
•	Application Control
Synaptics’ ForcePad API provides new pressure capabilities that enable software developers to deliver more control directly through the TouchPad, resulting in a smoother, more immersive user experience, and, per Windows 8 guidance, provides more control with fewer menus and buttons.
•	Auto-calibration
The auto-calibration feature solves a major challenge with mechanical ClickPads today: an inconsistent experience from OEMs using a mix of ODMs resulting in variance in ClickPad mechanical designs and click force feel.
•	ClickEQ Uniform Click Anywhere Technology
ClickEQ technology means no dead zones and drives the best user experience. This enables the accuracy and functionality of today’s TouchPad technologies, meets Windows 8 Modern TouchPad guidelines with image sensing fulltime finger tracking, and supports new Windows 8 gestures.