Apple has just hired Bob Drebin, Graphics Product of AMD and previously an Engineering Director at ATI, as a Senior Director. This seems to indicate, along with previous hires, and Apple is looking to improve their standing in high-graphics, possibly within the iPhone.
Drebin joins a growing host of silicon talent at Apple. The company hired Mark Papermaster, a top IBM engineering manager who took charge of Apple’s iPod and iPhone engineering groups in January. The hire sparked a legal dispute with IBM which designed