Facebook hires the best Google engineer to lead the development of its chips

Facebook began to hint that it had huge processor ambitions a few months ago when it put up job offers to fill positions for a new team. One of the lists called a person to manage a "SoC / ASIC organization, firmware and end-to-end development driver". While Facebook is one of the largest companies in the world, it's not exactly known for hardware like Apple and other tech giants. Hiring an industry veteran who ran the Google team could help him achieve his goals and prevent the project from being a waste of time and resources.

The company refused to talk about Rabii and his new team with Bloomberg ] so he has not yet revealed whether he is using Chinese chips with the devices he is working on. According to previous reports, Facebook is developing a tablet for video calls and an Echo / Home-like smart speaker. According to the publication, Rabii will report to Andrew Bosworth, head of virtual reality and augmented reality. What this means is that Facebook manufactures its own chips for Oculus devices yet remains to be seen.