NVIDIA loses mobile division lead Mike Rayfield

[ ](http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/16/nvidia-loses-mobile-division-lead-mike-rayfield/)NVIDIA's [road into mobile](http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/09/live-from-nvidias-ces-2012-press-event/) may have just taken an unwanted (if temporary) detour. The company confirmed at week's end that its Mobile Business Unit's General Manager [Mike Rayfield](http://www.engadget.com/tag/MikeRayfield/) quietly left the company on August 24th to join another firm, although we don't know whether he's headed to a rival or in another direction altogether. NVIDIA also hasn't yet said who replaces Rayfield at the helm. No matter who takes his place, the departure is a significant blow to the crew in Santa Clara: the executive had been heading mobile development at NVIDIA since 2005, before anyone really knew the company was interested in the handheld space, and helped make the [Tegra](http://www.engadget.com/tag/Tegra/) name synonymous with fast Android phones and tablets like the [One X](http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/02/htc-one-x-review/) and [Nexus 7](http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/28/nexus-7-review/). There's little doubt that [more than](http://www.engadget.com/tag/qualcomm,snapdragon) [a few](http://www.engadget.com/tag/apple,a6) [competitors](http://www.engadget.com/tag/ti,omap) would like to have him onboard.

Filed under: [Cellphones](http://www.engadget.com/category/cellphones/), [Tablets](http://www.engadget.com/category/tablets/)

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