Apple taps new execs for hardware, software, and operations
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Apple is making some big changes to its executive suite today. In an intriguing move, Apple appointed Johny Srouji as its senior vice president of hardware technologies. Srouji joined Apple in 2008 to lead development of the A4 SoC, and the company says he later worked to build teams responsible for "custom silicon and hardware technologies including batteries, application processors, storage controllers, sensors silicon, display silicon and other chipsets across Apple's entire product line."
Srouji's new role underscores the importance of custom chips and other hardware in setting apart many of Apple's products, and his ...