Apple might lose Johny Srouji, the guy who basically runs their entire chip operation, and the company is scrambling to keep him around. Srouji apparently told Tim Cook he's thinking about bouncing to another firm, and he's already let his coworkers know he's serious about it. Meta or OpenAI could be possibilities since they've been poaching Apple talent like crazy.
This would be a massive hit since Srouji designed the M1 that kicked off the whole Apple Silicon thing, and he's been pushing the custom modem work that just shipped in the iPhone 16e and iPhone Air. Apple threw huge pay bumps and maybe even a CTO position at him to stick around, but word is he doesn't want to work under a different CEO down the line.
If he stays, Apple can keep working toward cramming the modem, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth into one chip, which is apparently super hard to pull off.
This would be a massive hit since Srouji designed the M1 that kicked off the whole Apple Silicon thing, and he's been pushing the custom modem work that just shipped in the iPhone 16e and iPhone Air. Apple threw huge pay bumps and maybe even a CTO position at him to stick around, but word is he doesn't want to work under a different CEO down the line.
If he stays, Apple can keep working toward cramming the modem, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth into one chip, which is apparently super hard to pull off.
