Apple is suing someone who helped design its iPhone and iPad chips
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What you need to know Gerard Williams III was part of the team responsible for designing Apple`s chips. Now he`s started a chip company of his own. And Apple is suing him over it. It isn`t clear what this means for others thinking about leaving Apple. Apple`s chips are legendary and Gerard Williams III is someone who helped make that happen up until earlier this year. But after starting a new chip company and hiring at least eight former Apple employees, he`s being sued by Apple. Gerard Williams III founded Nuvia and went public with the news last month.. The company picked up $53 million in funding and hired a number of former Apple employees. But Apple isn`t happy about that, saying that Williams breached his contract by planning to start Nuvia and then by recruiting members of Apple`s team while he was still employed by the company. Apple says that it is a `worse-case scenario.` This case involves a worst-case scenario for an innovative company like Apple: A trusted sen...