Close X
Wednesday, November 27, 2024
ADVT 
Tech

Google Poaches Indian-Origin Chip Architect MANU GULATI From Apple

IANS, 15 Jun, 2017 12:44 PM
    Google has hired Indian-origin chip architect Manu Gulati, who was working with Apple for the last eight years in a key role, to build its own chips for the upcoming Pixel phones, media reports said.
     
    According to a report in Variety, Gulati had been spearheading Apple's chip development and has now joined Google.
     
    Gulati announced his new job on his Linkedin profile, stating that he now works as Google's Lead SoC Architect. 
     
    His LinkedIn profile shows that he has also worked for nearly 15 years at chip makers AMD and Broadcom, giving him a total of 27 years of experience in the industry.
     
    Gulati was instrumental in Apple's efforts to build custom chips for iPads, iPhones and Apple TV.
     
    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. 
     
    "Apple filed a total of 15 chip-related patents that credit Gulati as one of the inventors. Some of these filings describe fundamental chip architecture, while others are more specific to certain applications," the report noted. 
     
    One of Gulati's patents described hardware-based security for Apple Pay that securely stores a user's fingerprint on the iPhone.
     
    According to reports, Google is also looking to hire additional chip experts to tightly control future Pixel hardware and who will "help define the architecture of future generations of phone and tablet" chips.

    MORE Tech ARTICLES

    World's First Commercial Quantum Computer Really Works: Google

    World's First Commercial Quantum Computer Really Works: Google
    Inside this box is a super conducting chip, cooled to within a fraction of a degree of absolute zero, that might put new power behind artificial-intelligence (AI) software.

    World's First Commercial Quantum Computer Really Works: Google

    Netflix Gives Dvd Workers Better Baby Benefits To Narrow Gap With Its Internet Video Service

    Hourly workers in Netflix's customer service centres are now eligible for paternity leaves with 14 weeks of full pay.

    Netflix Gives Dvd Workers Better Baby Benefits To Narrow Gap With Its Internet Video Service

    Facebook Re-Opens Its Social Network To Rival Service That Pays Its Users For Its Posts

    Facebook Re-Opens Its Social Network To Rival Service That Pays Its Users For Its Posts
    Facebook has lifted a ban that blocked material from Tsu.co, a small rival challenging the world's largest social network's financial dependence on free content shared by its 1.5 billion users.

    Facebook Re-Opens Its Social Network To Rival Service That Pays Its Users For Its Posts

    Australia Police Raid Home Of Man Reported By Media To Be Likely Bitcoin Founder For Tax Probe

    Australia Police Raid Home Of Man Reported By Media To Be Likely Bitcoin Founder For Tax Probe
    SYDNEY, Australia — Australian police on Wednesday raided the home and business premises of a man that technology news sites have claimed is the founder of virtual currency bitcoin.

    Australia Police Raid Home Of Man Reported By Media To Be Likely Bitcoin Founder For Tax Probe

    Yahoo Spinning Its Wheels On Spinoffs As CEO Scrambles To Revive Company's Revenue Growth

    Yahoo Spinning Its Wheels On Spinoffs As CEO Scrambles To Revive Company's Revenue Growth
    Yahoo's long-running identity crisis is spiraling in a new direction now that the company is abandoning a year's work on a tax-dodging spinoff to pursue an alternative path that will carve off its Internet business instead.

    Yahoo Spinning Its Wheels On Spinoffs As CEO Scrambles To Revive Company's Revenue Growth

    Apple Maps Is Back On Track, Thanks To Big Investments And Apple's Control Over The Iphone

    Apple Maps Is Back On Track, Thanks To Big Investments And Apple's Control Over The Iphone
    Apple Maps quickly became the butt of jokes when it debuted in 2012. It overlooked many towns and businesses and misplaced famous landmarks. 

    Apple Maps Is Back On Track, Thanks To Big Investments And Apple's Control Over The Iphone