Synaptics Announces Match-in-Sensor Fingerprint Authentication

Synaptic has today announced Match-in-Sensor™ fingerprint authentication technology. Match-in-Sensor™ is the first ever hardware encapsulated fingerprint sensor cum matching solution. With this, the image enrollment, pattern storage and biometric matching happens in the fingerprint sensor. This means that the fingerprint data will stay in the sensor and not stored anywhere else, securing the sensitive biometric data. The new Match-in-Sensor™ has a System-On-Chip (SoC) architecture. Single device does I/O using in-sensor microprocessor. The earlier Match-on-Host system had to send and store data on the host OS and makes it much less secure.

“The entire mobile payments ecosystem, driven by rapid adoption of fingerprint authentication technology, is increasingly concerned about reducing security risks and eliminating threats of attack,” said Ritu Favre, senior vice president and general manager, Biometric Products Division (BPD), Synaptics. “Match-in-Sensor technology provides for the requirements of smartphone manufacturers, the convenience for end-users, and the security for online service providers when authenticating their customers.”

“With the proliferation of mobile payments, security on mobile devices has taken on a much more significant meaning. Synaptics’ Match-in-Sensor raises the bar on security by ensuring that your biometric information never leaves the sensor compared to Match-on-Host or Match-on-Host-Trusted Zone solutions. This is especially useful if the host system is compromised by malware or a virus,” said Les Santiago, Research Director for IDC.

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