Tag archive: Mark Papermaster

Technology darling Apple looks to be assembling a team of seasons industry veterans to design its own chips, potentially in a move to keep its products differentiated from the rest of the consumer electronics market…and help the famously secretive company keep its product plans under wraps. About a year ago, Apple acquired low-power microchip developer P.A. Semi, and recently engaged in a battle with IBM over hiring Mark Papermaster… Read More

Apple announced today that its litigation with IBM over hiring Mark Papermaster as senior vice president of Devices Hardware Engineering has been resolved, and Papermaster will start work at Apple on April 24. Apple announced in November it was hiring Papermaster to take over for iPod chief Tony Fadell, but IBM immediately sought an injunction blocking the move, claiming a non-compete agreement Papermaster signed in 2006 would prevent him… Read More

Only days after Apple announced that ex-IBM veteran Mark Papermaster would be taking over as chief of its iPod division, a New York court has barred him from taking the position. IBM succeeded on Friday in winning a preliminary injunction to temporarily prevent Papermaster him from working with Apple, due to a contract he signed in 2006. According to IBM, the non-compete contract Papermaster signed in 2006 prevents him from working for… Read More

Steve Jobs may take the lion’s share of credit for the device that launched Apple to mainstream success – the iPod – but one of the other main men behind the curtain will be stepping down from his powerful position at Apple. On Tuesday, Apple announced that Tony Fadell would leave his position as senior vice president of the iPod division, and the company will bring in fresh blood from IBM as his replacement. Both Fadell… Read More