Apple shifts hardware professionals as mysterious contemporary project looms

Dan Riccio, who has labored as Apple’s senior vice-president of engineering since 2012, is stepping lend a hand from leading Apple’s hardware division.

In a contemporary press start, Apple confirmed that Riccio is engaged on a mysterious “contemporary project” and will continue to story straight to Tim Cook dinner, its CEO. Riccio has labored on several valuable projects, including Apple’s ARM-essentially based thoroughly mostly M1 processor, the AirPods Max, the iPhone 12 and even the conventional iMac.

“Working at Apple has been the chance of a lifetime, spent making the world’s simplest products with basically the most proficient of us you would take into consideration,” said Riccio in a contemporary press start.

“After 23 years of leading our Product Originate or Hardware Engineering groups — culminating with our largest and most daring product twelve months ever — it’s the lawful time for a trade. Subsequent up, I’m expecting doing what I fancy most — focusing all my time and vitality at Apple on creating something contemporary and ideal that I couldn’t be extra contemplating.”

It’s unclear what this contemporary initiative is, nonetheless there’s a possibility it may maybe perhaps most likely maybe show to contemporary rumours surrounding Apple’s long-rumoured AR/VR glasses or perhaps its electric vehicle project.

John Ternus will expend on Riccio’s dilapidated role of senior vice-president of engineering. Ternus has served as Apple’s VP of hardware engineering since 2013 and played a prime role within the start of the first iPad and, extra currently, the first-generation AirPods.