SoC Architect Jeff Wilcox Leaves Apple for Return to Intel

Source: LinkedIn

One of the Directors of Mac System Architecture has left the big, round building. The Mac Observer says after eight-years at Apple, Jeff Wilcox is “returning to his previous employer, Intel.” According to TMO, Wilcox:

…led the transition from Intel chips to Apple Silicon and also developed the System on a Chip (Soc) and system architecture behind the T2 coprocessor. He is now an Intel Fellow working on SoC architecture for the chipmaker’s clients.

In a farewell to Apple post on LinkedIn, Wilcox said: 

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…