Friday, 24 March, 2023

Microsoft hires chip industry veteran Mike Filippo

<p>Microsoft hired a key Apple engineer to design its server chips, according to Bloomberg News. Mike Filippo, a chip industry veteran, who worked with Apple for over two years joined Microsoft. The tech giant relies heavily on Intel and AMD to supply chips for its Azure cloud computing services and Surface PC. The move to hire Filippo implies that Microsoft is accelerating a push to create homegrown chips for its servers powering Azure cloud computing services.&nbsp;</p>