Key M1 Mac Engineer Departs Apple for Intel
So we all know at this point how far Intel has fallen. From stories I&#x27;ve read, organizationally, Intel is a complete disaster. Fiefdoms, infighting, failure to deliver on 10nm, etc.<p>Apple&#x27;s star on the other hand is rising. The M1 is simply amazing. The article states this guy headed up the transition from Intel to M1. If so, he did an amazing job. Prior to the initial M1 release, I thought there&#x27;d be an annoying if not painful transition with lots of issues. To the contrary, it was smooth and a monumental success by any measure.<p>So Apple would be paying through the nose to keep this guy. Intel, being in shambles, would have to pay bank to lure him away. I&#x27;d honestly expect his compensation at Intel to easily be $10m+ per year. Easily. Good for him. I really hope Intel recovers. Competition is good.<p>&gt; Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger in October said that he hopes to win back Apple&#x27;s business in the future by creating &quot;a better chip&quot; than Apple can make.<p>I don&#x27;t know what to make of this statement. Apple wants to control every aspect of the product. They don&#x27;t want to be dependent on Intel for chips. They initially moved to Intel because Intel at that stage was the clear leader and PowerPC just couldn&#x27;t compete. Now Apple has its own silicon it&#x27;s never giving that up so it&#x27;s so strange for him to say this.<p>EDIT: Corrected POWER to PowerPC.