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Apple Poaches Top IBM Chip Designer, IBM Sues Back
macblogz.com - 10/31/2008
Apple Poaches Top IBM Chip Designer, IBM Sues Back
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IBM’s vice president of microprocessor technology development, Mark Papermaster has been poached by Apple, and will begin working closely under CEO Steve Jobs in early November. In an attempt to protect its technology and intellectual property, IBM is suing Papermaster and hoping to ...
news.cnet.com - 10/31/2008
Apple hiring top IBM chip designer and blade server guru
— news.cnet.com — Apple's decision to hire Mark Papermaster away from IBM could mean that its Xserve lineup is taking... on a more prominent role. (Credit: Apple) One of IBM's top chip executives has agreed to join Apple as a senior executive, but he might have to ... (more) Apple hiring top IBM chip designer and blade server guru

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news.cnet.com - 10/31/2008
Apple hires top IBM chip designer and blade server guru
— news.cnet.com — Apple's decision to hire Mark Papermaster away from IBM could mean that its Xserve lineup is taking... on a more prominent role. (Credit: Apple) Updated throughout at 4:55 p.m. PT with additional details and comment from IBM. One of IBM's top ... (more) Apple hires top IBM chip designer and blade server guru
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Apple recruits top chip designer, IBM responds with suit
appleinsider.com - 10/31/2008
Apple recruits top chip designer, IBM responds with suit
— appleinsider.com — Apple recently recruited a top chip designer from IBM, resulting in a lawsuit that seeks to prevent... the executive from taking his knowledge as "IBM's top expert in Power architecture and technology" to the Mac maker. (more) Apple recruits top chip designer, IBM responds with suit
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Apple Eclectic — ... To abstract them in such a way that the programmer doesn’t have to care in advance how many cores are available to their code. It seems only natural that this should expand to encompass the resources available elsewhere across the local network. This is what Xgrid does, although in a far less integrated way. With this processor sharing technology in place, dense, power-efficient Xserves seem a natural addition to Apple’s product line. MacNN Mac Blogz Shopping for something Apple-related? Why not shop Amazon via Æ: ...

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TMO Reports - IBM Sues Executive to Prevent Move to Apple — The Mac Observer
IBM has sued Mark Papermaster, a former executive of Big Blue's that quit the company on October 21st in order to accept a position at Apple Inc. The lawsuit seeks to prevent Mr. Papermaster from taking that position on the grounds that he is violating a non-compete contract he signed with IBM.  ...
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Apple’s (AAPL) efforts to build it’s own chip development brain trust out of its acquisition of PA Semi have run afoul of IBM (IBM). Mark Papermaster, a 26-year IBM veteran and vice president of its Blade Development unit — a division that designs corporate data centers, plans ...
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In broad, soap operatic strokes of the finest sort, IBM and Apple are at each other's throats over Apple's latest recruit: IBM's vice president of microprocessor technology development. Improbably named Mark Papermaster, the man in question is responsible for IBM's blade server division, and ...
Apple Recruits IBM Chip Designer, IBM Files Lawsuit — MacRumors : Mac News and Rumors
CNet reports that IBM has filed a lawsuit against former employee Mark Papermaster for accepting a job at Apple. Papermaster was IBM's vice president of microprocessor technology development but recently accepted a position at Apple to begin in Nove...