Google hires Apple’s chip designer

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Search giant Google has hired Indian-origin engineer Manu Gulati, who was working with Apple for eight years as chip architect for iPads and iPhones, to play a key role in building its upcoming flagship pixel phone.
Gulati who announced the news through LinkedIn is now the Lead SoC Architect for Google. He has 27 years of experience and has worked with chip makers AMD and Broadcom.
He has at least 15 Apple patents related to chip design and will be key in Google’s plan to build its own processors, say media reports.
Google is now expanding their team of chip experts so that it can build their own chipsets for future Pixel smartphones.
Gulati’s LinkedIn profile says he is now Google’s lead SOC architect. SoC stands for system on a chip. He has also been employed by Broadcom and AMD. With Gulati now part of its team, Google can have an edge over other companies while it comes as a significant blow to Cupertino-based Apple, says the report