“Advanced Micro Devices has appointed former Apple iPhone development chief Mark Papermaster as chief technology officer, where he will take charge of developing AMD’s future microprocessors and hardware,” Agam Shah reports for IDG News.
“Papermaster joined Apple in 2009 as senior vice president of devices hardware engineering, leading development of the iPhone and iPod hardware. Apple hired Papermaster from IBM in 2008, but made his appointment official after settling a lawsuit filed by IBM around Papermaster’s alleged violation of a noncompete agreement,” Shah reports. “Papermaster went on to leave Apple in August last year after reportedly falling out of favor with CEO Steve Jobs amid the iPhone 4’s antenna and reception issues.”
Shah reports, “He joins AMD from Cisco Systems, where he directed silicon development for the company’s switching and routing businesses.”
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[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Lynn Weiler” for the heads up.]
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