Synaptics to Buy iPhone Display Chipmaker Renesas for $475 Million Touchscreen chipmaker Synaptics Inc said it would buy the sole supplier of display chips for the iPhone for $475 million, potentially winning back Apple Inc as a customer. Synaptics’s shares jumped 19 June 11, 2014 Channel/Game Online/industrial Power/IT Magazine/LCD TV/LED TV/Magazine Advertisement india/Mobile Launch/Motherboard/Networking/News/Phone Reviews/Security/Social Media/Tablet/Technology News/Telecom News/TV