Microsoft hires key Apple engineer to design server chips - Bloomberg News

FILE PHOTO A Microsoft logo is seen in Los Angeles California U.S. November 7 2017. REUTERSLucy NicholsonFile Photo

FILE PHOTO: A Microsoft logo is seen in Los Angeles, California U.S. November 7, 2017. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson//File Photo

(Reuters) - Microsoft Corp hired a key Apple Inc engineer to design its own chips for its servers, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing people with knowledge of the matter.

The software giant hired chip industry veteran Mike Filippo, who worked for Apple for over two years, the report said.

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