They probably just asked him whether he wanted to help revolutionize the entire PC industry, or keep iterating on teenagers' Instagram devices for the rest of his life.
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Jeff Wilcox —> Intel.
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To be fair, they are maneuvering an unprecedented transition, during a global pandemic. Also the chip team and OS/software team are not the same thing. That being said, we simply have no idea why this man left or what his impact will be. We do know that there are several key players still at apple, like Srouji, who didn’t leave Apple even after he was offered the CEO position of Intel, and Sri who is a key player in all Apple silicon, among many others.
These articles saying this one dude is responsible for the apple silicon transition are exaggerated and dramatic. In reality no one person is responsible for this, and Apple has many engineers on their team who are all extremely smart and talented.
If the article said that, the writer is quite confused. A14 and M1 both use unified memory.
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Saw this article. What’s really happening at Apple?
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Comment: Why have some of Apple's brightest inventors left to work with Android at Humane? - 9to5Mac
Some of Apple's best and brightest inventors have left to join a new startup working on ambient computing technology based on Android.
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This kinda stuff happens all the time. Iirc people were sppoked when a bunch of ex-Apple people left to form Nuvia.Saw this article. What’s really happening at Apple?
Comment: Why have some of Apple's brightest inventors left to work with Android at Humane? - 9to5Mac
Some of Apple's best and brightest inventors have left to join a new startup working on ambient computing technology based on Android.
I’m gonna predict that you’re wrong. The biggest revolt at Apple is the wfh controversy and that seems like a relatively minor deal.
Besides, Apple makes sure that each team is highly compartmentalized for corporate espionage reasons. Their hardware team have been delivering hits, and while newer MacOS releases have been buggy at times, there haven’t been exoduses of their software teams.
In all honesty, Intel probably drove a truck full of money up to this guy’s door and dumped it on his lawn. Gelsinger’s M.O. seems to be to play really aggressively. And Apple doesn’t pay more than the average salary in general.
And I think we’re ignoring a big part of this, is he going to work on ARM or x86 processors?
Because if he has to try and make x86 processors that are as efficient as ASi, then he’s gonna have an uphill battle.
Because if he has to try and make x86 processors that are as efficient as ASi, then he’s gonna have an uphill battle.
This can’t be good. Something is rotten.
Apple loses lead Apple Silicon designer Jeff Wilcox to Intel
Apple Silicon leader and T2 security processor developer Jeff Wilcox has left Apple to rejoin Intel and oversee architecture for all Intel System-on-a-Chip (SoC) designs.appleinsider.com
Something smells like… money. Intel is throwing it.
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Key M1 Mac Engineer Departs Apple for Intel
Apple's former Director of Mac System Architecture Jeff Wilcox this week announced that he has left Apple to take on a new role at Intel. As noted on LinkedIn (via Tom's Hardware), Wilcox was part of Apple's M1 team and he had a key role in the transition from Intel chips to Apple silicon...
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