Apple's Chipmaking Chief Johny Srouji Responds to Report About Him Potentially Leaving

[MacRumors]

Apple's chipmaking chief Johny Srouji has reportedly indicated that he plans to continue working for the company for the foreseeable future.

"I love my team, and I love my job at Apple, and I don't plan on leaving anytime soon," said Srouji, in a memo obtained by Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.

Here is Srouji's full memo, as shared by Bloomberg:

I know you've been reading all kind of rumors and speculations about my future at Apple, and I feel that you need to hear from me directly. I am proud of the amazing Technologies we all build across Displays, Cameras, Sensors, Silicon, Batteries, and a very wide set of technologies, across all of Apple Products. Together we enable the best products in the world. I love my team, and I love my job at Apple, and I don't plan on leaving anytime soon.

Last week, Gurman said that Srouji recently told Apple CEO Tim Cook that he was "seriously considering leaving in the near future." Srouji did not explicitly deny the report, but it appears that he has no plans to leave Apple for now.

Srouji informed colleagues that he would be interested in working for another company if he did leave Apple, rather than retiring, according to Gurman.

Srouji is Apple's Senior Vice President of Hardware Technologies. He joined the company in 2008 to lead development of the iPhone 4's A4 chip, the first Apple-designed system-on-a-chip. He previously held senior positions at Intel and IBM.

Apple's chips have achieved many performance records, making Srouji one of the company's most important executives. For example, the A19 Pro chip in the iPhone 17 Pro models offers the world's fastest CPU in any smartphone, while Apple silicon chips in Macs continue to deliver industry-leading performance per watt.

Apple is facing turnover among its top ranks. Apple's operations chief Jeff Williams recently retired, and he will soon be followed by the company's AI research chief John Giannandrea, environmental chief Lisa Jackson, and general counsel Kate Adams. In addition, Apple's software design chief Alan Dye is joining Meta's Reality Labs later this month. Finally, Cook is reportedly planning to step down as CEO as early as next year.

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[Apple Knowledge Navigator]

“I’d also like to take this opportunity to thank Tim Apple for the pay ri… I mean, PATIENCE he has shown me.”

 

[Anonymous123]

Going to go out on a limb and bet this response was part of an increased compensation package to get him to stay, in addition to damage control.

 

[Evagoras2001]

I feel like Apple’s PR team made him release the memo to calm down the waters….

 

[sw1tcher]

"I love my team, and I love my job at Apple, and I don't plan on leaving anytime soon," said Srouji, in a memo

What's his definition of "soon," 1 year, 2 years, 5 years?

 

[MacUserFella]

the A17 Pro chip in the iPhone 17 Pro models

Huh

 

[adamjackson]

One thing I keep going back to with all of these departure news items is Johny isn't single-handedly the only person working on Apple's silicon. He leads a huge team. If everyone walked out, that would be scary but this is just one person of a few thousand we're talking about.

 

[turbineseaplane]

Going to go out on a limb and bet this response was part of an increased compensation package to get him to stay, in addition to damage control.

Absolutely the case.
That's almost certainly what this was all about.

Who can blame him?

 

[Apple Fan 2008]

Well that panic attack is over.

 

[MayaUser]

This is a statement to help shareholders because this man is KEY for Apple

 

[turbineseaplane]

One thing I keep going back to with all of these departure news items is Johny isn't single-handedly the only person working on Apple's silicon. He leads a huge team. If everyone walked out, that would be scary but this is just one person of a few thousand we're talking about.

Correct, however it's destabilizing if a leader departs, especially if it's a defection and not a retirement, as many others tend to follow (or consider it).

 

[Falco McGregor]

Another example of Mark Gurman being both the proverbial arsonist and fire brigade when it comes to Apple rumors.

 

[rp2011]

Good to hear! Apple Silicon has become the crown jewel of Apple. Enabling and besting just about everything else on the market.

 

[PixelPanics]

I swear I make better predictions than Gurman, give me a job please

 

[S.B.G]

I wonder if the whole thing was a ploy by top brass to see who the leaker is.

 

[Kissmo1980]

Great news!
Now go and release a chip for AppleTV that allows audio passthrough support for TrueHD

 

[turbineseaplane]

I wonder if the whole thing was a ploy by top brass to see who the leaker is.

What if it was simply accurate and he was considering leaving while change at Apple is afoot and he negotiated that leverage into a pay/responsibility increase?


The obvious and boring thing is often close to the truth.

 

[Joe Rossignol]

Huh

Fixed that. Numbers are hard.

 

[Nismo73]

But twitter said…