A chip expert who worked for nine years for Apple left the company to join Samsung, reports Business Korea.
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The expert, Kim Woo-Pyeong, according to the report, had been working for Apple since 2014 after working for Texas Instruments and Qualcomm in the years before that. The report is vague about Kim's responsibilities at Apple, saying only that he was a semiconductor expert .
Apple uses a wide range of chips in its devices, from ultra-wideband chip technology to the processors that power all of devices and a custom 5G modem that is reportedly in the works.
At Samsung, Kim will be the company's director of a new packaging solutions center. Over the past two years, Samsung has increased its presence in the semiconductor space amid increased competition from TSMC, Apple and others. Samsung announced last month that it had begun producing 3nm chips using a new transistor architecture.
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The rivalry between Apple and Samsung remains intense, with the two companies continuing to vie for customers in smartphones, smartwatches and accessories like AirPods and Galaxy Buds. Business Korea calls Samsung’s latest hire by Apple “somewhat unusual” given the cooperative yet competitive relationship between the two companies. Despite their rivalry, Samsung and Apple have been working together, most notably on OLED displays.
Source of information: macrumors.com
