Jeff Wilcox, Apple’s director of Mac system architecture who oversaw much of the Apple Silicon transition, has left Apple to join Intel.

According to Tom’s Hardware, Intel has hired Jeff Wilcox as an Intel Fellow and Chief Technology Officer of the Design Engineering Group. The former Apple official helped lead Mac’s transition to Apple silicon that now powers the MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, Mac mini, and iMac.

Recently news emerged that Apple was issuing stock bonuses of up to $180,000 in an effort to retain talented employees. However, it appears that Intel might have offered Wilcox a better deal as he has now taken charge of SoC architectural design across all intel client segments.

He announced the change on LinkedIn over the past few weeks. In his initial LinkedIn post, he wrote:

“After an amazing eight years I have decided to leave Apple and pursue another opportunity. It has been an incredible ride and I could not be prouder of all we accomplished during my time there, culminating in the Apple Silicon transition with the M1, M1 Pro and M1 Max SOCs and systems. I will dearly miss all of my Apple colleagues and friends, but I am looking forward to the next journey which will start at the first of the year. More to come!”

A few weeks later, he revealed his new position is another on LinkedIn saying:

“I’m pleased to share that I have started a new position as Intel Fellow, Design Engineering Group CTO, Client SoC Architecture at Intel Corporation. I could not be more thrilled to be back working with the amazing teams there to help create groundbreaking SOCs. Great things are ahead!”

Intel’s latest hire has sent waves in the industry as the Santa Clara-based giant prepares to enter the SoC market. So stick around for more news coverage regarding this matter.

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