The hiring war between Tesla si Apple continues at a brisk pace, the electric car manufacturer hiring the man who created the A-series chips implemented in iPhones, iPads and iPod Touches around the world, so Tesla will benefit from the expertise of an important man in the past for Apple .
Jim keller is the name of the former employee of Apple , he left Apple in 2012 after almost 10 years spent at the Cupertino company to develop chips dedicated to iDevices, in the past he was employed by AMD, in 2012 returning to AMD to now work for Tesla.
At Tesla, Jim Keller is vice president of the division that develops the hardware for the Autopilot system implemented in Tesla's electric cars, so he will develop chips similar to those in the A series because it supports the software that guides the cars on the road.
Within Apple, Jim Keller was director of the group that develops the architecture for software platforms, he contributed to the improvement of some processors implemented in Macs and created the A-series chips that make iDevices so powerful.
Jim Keller is joining Tesla as Vice President of Autopilot Hardware Engineering. Jim will bring together the best internal and external hardware technologies to develop the safest, most advanced autopilot systems in the world.
Although Jim Keller has not worked at Apple for 3 years, the accumulated experience in the Cupertino company will definitely help him in Tesla.