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Re:Apple Silicon M1 chip in MacBook Air outperforms high-end... by Fnoord on Thursday November 12, 2020 @03:59AM (#25067881)
Some people are priceless. One of the designers of Ryzen, Jim Keller [1], for example.

[1] https://www.anandtech.com/show/12689/cpu-design-guru-jim-kel...

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Re:Apple Silicon M1 chip in MacBook Air outperforms high-end... by Tsiklon on Thursday November 12, 2020 @06:04AM (#25068606)
Jim also lead the team behind the Apple A4 and A5 SOCs - Apple's first venture into designing their own Silicon.

Edit: hadn't clicked through to your article. my comment is redundant

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Re:Apple Silicon M1 chip in MacBook Air outperforms high-end... by intricatedetail on Thursday November 12, 2020 @12:24PM (#25072112)
It is sad that engineers like him are not multi billionaires, but it all gets pocketed by investors, who don't even pay the same tax as people who actually do the work...
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Re:Apple Silicon M1 chip in MacBook Air outperforms high-end... by jodrellblank on Thursday November 12, 2020 @07:02AM (#25068889)
And now he’s left Intel https://www.anandtech.com/show/15846/jim-keller-resigns-from...
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