Intel hired processor developer Jeff Wilcox, who helped develop Apple's processors, including the M1, and was director of Mac architecture. Wilcox is now CTO of the Intel Design Engineering Group. He will lead the custom processor development team.
Wilcox's LinkedIn profile states that he “oversaw the transition” of all Apple computers to its own processors and designed the architecture for the T2 coprocessor. The engineer worked for the company for over eight years - from November 2013 to December 2021.
At the end of 2021, Apple planned to pay engineers and other employees a bonus in the form of company shares in the amount of up to $ 180,000. About 20% of the company's technical specialists can count on the bonus. Apple was prompted to take such a step by the massive exodus of workers in the second half of the year.
Wilcox previously worked at Intel from October 2010 to November 2013. Prior to that, he was also employed by the company from November 1997 to May 2007. Before returning to Intel for the first time, Wilcox had worked at NVIDIA.
The engineer posted a post on LinkedIn on leaving Apple: “After an amazing eight years, I decided to leave Apple and take another opportunity. It was incredible and I'm very proud of what we've accomplished during my time there, culminating in Apple's move to its M1, M1 Pro and M1 Max processors. I will miss all my colleagues and friends at Apple very much, but I look forward to the next journey starting on the first of this year. "
As reported, Intel CEO Patrick Gelsinger is actively hiring old employees. In July 2021, veteran Shlomit Weiss returned to the company with the Sandy Bridge line of processors.
In 2022, Apple plans to completely switch to its own processors and abandon Intel development. After the company first unveiled its M1 chips, Intel tried to demonstrate to the media that its designs were better, and even prepared a special presentation. Meanwhile, former Intel engineer Zheng Li, who took part in the development of the processor for the first MacBook Air, said that Intel sold the technologies implemented in this chip to competitors of its partner (Dell and HP).
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