A few years ago, Apple's Portland, Oregon office hired dozens of top architects away from the Intel site 10 miles away (for big $$$). For those of you that don'

A few years ago, Apple's Portland, Oregon office hired dozens of top architects away from the Intel site 10 miles away (for big $$$). For those of you that don't know Oregon Hosts D1X (Intel's gigantic cutting-edge fab) and several architecture teams, predominantly veterans from the P4 product line. This probably has something to do with it.