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Shahriar Rabii, who worked in the research giant between 2011 and 2018, is the new vice president and director of the Silicon Zone of the social network.
Facebook hired former Google engineer Shahriar Rabii, for its chip division, which opened early 2018, according to information released this week by Bloomberg.
Now vice president and director of the Social Network Silicon Zone, the engineer will report to Facebook's director of virtual and augmented reality (VR and AR), Andrew Bosworth, according to the Bloomberg report, which quotes people
Rabii worked at Google between 2011 and 2018, where he led the team of engineers in developing solutions and chips for devices such as Pixel, Google Home and Nest, according to the information available on his LinkedIn profile.
The hiring of Rabii reinforces Facebook's interest in developing its own chips, following in the footsteps of Google itself and Apple, which since 2010 is responsible for leading processors from the iPhone and the iPad.
According to Bloomberg, Facebook is currently working on several devices in its hardware divisions Oculus, Virtual Reality and Building 8.
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