A server tray in Facebook's Forest City, North Carolina, data center, 2010
Data Center ChipsFacebook Hires a Head of Chip Development From GoogleFacebook Hires a Head of Chip Development From Google
Shahriar Rabii, who's worked on the team building chips for Google devices, has joined Facebook•He will work under Facebook's head of virtual reality and augmented reality, anonymous sources told Bloomberg•Facebook started forming a chip-design team earlier this year•While Facebook is working on consumer devices, such as Oculus Go, being able to design its own processors could also help it improve its data centers
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