Srouji leaving Apple would be devastating for the company. He was the guy behind all their custom Si efforts.

It’s very simple. Apple doesn’t pay as well as other places and they stock price increases and their flashiness are not enough anymore to keep people around. It’s time they realize they are not the darling they used to be

all night long

The rot starts with Cook, who everyone knows is not a visionary of any ilk. Apple has become gutless and derivative. Such a waste of the Jobs legacy, set into motion by Jobs himself, alas.

If AGI is anything like the corporate entity, it will take over the world in a minute and paint it over in toothpaste white

> One scenario floated internally by some executives involves elevating him into the role of chief technology officer. Such a job — overseeing a wide swath of both hardware engineering and silicon technologies — would potentially make him Apple’s second-most-powerful executive.

> But that change would likely require Ternus to be promoted to CEO, a step the company may not be ready to take. And some within Apple have said that Srouji would prefer not to work under a different CEO, even with an expanded title.

Possibly, Srouji wants top seat which on its face is not crazy given the chip team's outsize successes with A (iPhone) and M (duh) series chips followed on by R (Reality), C (cellular modem), N (wireless) series, but Apple is a consumer company and a deeply technical CEO just isn't in the cards.