New Qualcomm CEO sees former Apple execs as key to beating M1

Qualcomm’s new CEO, Cristiano Amon, has big plans for competing with Apple when it comes to laptop performance, thanks to the ex-Apple employees Qualcomm brought on when . He told Reuters that he believes Qualcomm could make the world’s best processor, which would require designing a chip better than Apple’s M1.

Before assuming his new role as CEO, Amon was head of Qualcomm’s semiconductor division and was in charge of the company’s . The startup was founded by three former Apple engineers who specialized in chip design and worked on Apple’s A-series SOCs. Those founders joined Qualcomm, and it’s apparent now that they’ll be focusing on making chips for consumer...