Apple Director of Graphics Architecture Is Second Chip Executive Hired Away by AMDAMD has hired away another executive from Apple, CNET is reporting. Raja Koduri, Apple's former director of graphics architecture, has been rehired by AMD as Corporate Vice President of Visual Computing after four years with Apple. Koduri joined Apple from AMD in April 2009 as part of the electronics giant's push to build up its own chip operations. Instead of relying on partners like Intel to design processors for smartphones and tablets, Apple started creating its own chips for mobile devices.Anecdotal reports have suggested that Apple employees have been sending out resumes more recently than they have in the past, though CNET says Koduri left Apple last month and didn't immediately join AMD. The company was reported to have been attempting to hire Koduri back for some time. The skills of Koduri and Jim Keller -- Apple's former head of platform architecture who joined AMD last year -- would seem to compliment each other as AMD attempts to gain market share after a poor showing in recent years. AnandTech says AMD is putting GPU hardware and software under Koduri's leadership. Recent Mac and iOS Blog Stories • Atlanta Apple Pop-Up Museum to Open This Weekend • Nomad 3-Inch Lightning Cable Now Available for Preorder, Shipping in June • Halfbrick's Newest Title 'Fish Out Of Water' Hits the App Store • LinkedIn Overhauls iOS App with Simple Design and Enhanced News Stream • Skitch for Mac and iOS Updated with PDF Annotations and Stamps • ZeptoLab Releases 'Cut The Rope: Time Travel' • Apple Revises One to One Policy, Limits Data Migration to First 60 Days • Yahoo Launches Standalone iPhone Weather App, Brings Dedicated Mail App to iPad
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