After working at Intel, AMD and ARM, the processor specialistMike Filippojoined Apple's teams a few weeks ago.
He should probably take part in the work on the Californian firm's in-house processor chips. These have already been fitted to iPhones and iPads for several generations. Recent rumors even relied on the Californian firm's desire to follow the same strategy for its future Macs. Thus, it would abandon the Intel chips currently integrated into its computers, and turn to an in-house design.
Nothing indicates at this stage in which project the new, freshly recruited specialist will take part under the orders of Tim Cook. Still, the man seems very qualified when it comes to CPU architecture. He worked for 10 years, from 2009 to 2019, within the British companyARMspecialized in the design of 32 and 64 bit processor chips. Mike Filippo notably directed various projects there. Before that, he spent 5 years working on CPUs atIntel, from 2004 to 2009, but also 8 years atAMDfrom 1996 to 2004.
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His arrival at Apple actually follows the departure of Gerard Williams III. The latter led the development of the design of Apple chips. Mike Filippo should therefore take up the torch.
The Californian company is particularly keen on this internalization of component design. In particular, it would work in the future to integrate its own 5G modems into its iPhones. But according to thisinformation published a few months ago, one might also think that she would want to create her own batteries.
With this, Apple pursues the idea of total control of the design of the components of its machines, underlying a thorough optimization of the software part for these purposes.
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