Apple 'Shakes Up' Oversight of Product Design Ahead of CEO Change

In his new role as Chief Hardware Officer , Apple's longtime chipmaking chief Johny Srouji has reorganized the company's hardware development leadership "to speed up work on future devices," according to Bloomberg 's Mark Gurman . The reshuffling is aimed at bringing chip and product development closer together. "The hardware shake-up is also meant to better integrate teams working on in-house silicon with those creating products," explained Gurman.