I don’t think Tim Cook would even give the time of the day to the Nvidia board or recruiters. He can bear and hold a grudge for a long time, similar to Steve Jobs. His firing of Scott Forstall and Apple’s dissociation with Nvidia after its GPUs failed in Macs are just two examples.

There’s a rumor that Apple’s Johny Srouji may be tapped to be Nvidia’s CEO. But I’m guessing Apple will do whatever it takes to retain him.