“Another hire for Apple’s chip business: The company has hired former AMD chief technology officer Bob Drebin as Senior Director,” Dan Frommer reports for SIlicon Alley Insider.
“Drebin specializes in graphics chips: He joined AMD after it acquired ATI in 2006… Beyond its Mac computers, its iPhone and iPod touch are already huge hit gaming machines, and it’s possible that Apple TV could be a game platform at some point, too. And, of course, there’s no doubt the company is working on new machines we don’t know about. Apple bulked up its chip business by acquiring PA Semi about a year ago,” Frommer reports.
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