In the last year, Apple has announced initiatives to bring some manufacturing jobs back to the US. In a move that is almost as surprising, it seems they may be looking to do some hardware development (gasp!) NOT in Cupertino! Several jobs listings for positions in Orlando, FL for GPU and iOS hardware development have been found on the web by people who watch these kinds of things.
The A6 processor in the iPhone 5 uses a custom-designed core, and it seems Apple is looking to expand its capabilities in this area. Apple also bought a fingerprint recognition company down there in a town called Melbourne. Probably not coincidentally, Apple is hiring for positions in what it’s calling the “Melbourne Design Center”.
While Orlando isn’t usually thought of as a hotbed of technology, AMD has a big design center down there, EA Games Tiburon division is there, and there is a HUGE college with lots on interns probably looking to give anything to work for free at one of these places.
Did I mention this is in America, and not somewhere else?