{"id":91057,"date":"2019-03-29T21:40:33","date_gmt":"2019-03-29T21:40:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/articles\/19\/03\/29\/apple-engineer-who-led-development-of-a7-through-a12x-chip-cores-departs-company"},"modified":"2019-03-29T21:40:33","modified_gmt":"2019-03-29T21:40:33","slug":"apple-engineer-who-led-development-of-a7-through-a12x-chip-cores-departs-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/03\/29\/apple-engineer-who-led-development-of-a7-through-a12x-chip-cores-departs-company\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple engineer who led development of A7 through A12X chip cores departs company"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Mikey Campbell<\/a>
Friday, March 29, 2019, 02:40 pm PT (05:40 pm ET)<\/span> <\/p>\n

A key Apple engineer responsible for leading development teams working on proprietary processor core designs has left the company after nine years of service, according to a report on Friday.
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\"A7\"<\/div>\n

Apple’s A7 SoC debuted as the world’s first 64-bit mobile processor.<\/span><\/div>\n

Citing sources familiar with the matter, CNET<\/em> reports Gerard Williams III vacated his seat<\/a> as Apple’s senior director in platform architecture in February. <\/p>\n

Williams joined the company in 2010 after a 12-year stint at ARM, where he worked as a fellow on various projects including the development of legacy ARM chips, as well as Cortex-A8, Cortex-A15 and next-generation processor technology. Prior to ARM, the engineer was design team lead at Texas Instruments, where he assisted in the development of the TI TMS470 micro-controller program, according to his LinkedIn profile<\/a>. <\/p>\n

At Apple, Williams spearheaded core design for in-house Apple chips like the A7, which debuted in iPhone 5s as the world’s first 64-bit mobile processor<\/a>. <\/p>\n

“Chief Architect for all Apple CPU and SOC development. For CPU, lead the Cyclone, Typhoon, Twister, Hurricane, Monsoon, and Vortex architecture work. And everyday, I still work on very very cool stuff,” Williams writes in his LinkedIn bio.<\/p>\n

Building on the A7’s success, Apple has gone on to release multiple A-series chip generations, each with Williams helming core design. More recently, Williams’ duties expanded to encompass not only the processor core, but also the layout of components on Apple’s system-on-chip silicon, the report said. The escalation in responsibility came with the departure of SoC architect Manu Gulati, who left Apple for a similar role at Google in 2017<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A now-former report to SVP of Hardware Technologies Johny Srouji, considered the mastermind behind Apple’s in-house chip team<\/a>, Williams leaves a significant hole in the company’s executive lineup.<\/p>\n

The reason for Williams’ departure is unknown. According to CNET<\/em> sources, the engineer has yet to take a position at another company. <\/p>\n

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