Home News Business Training & Development Five hundred AMD employees axed By INQUIRER Staff Nov 6 2008 3:02PM AMD has cut 500 jobs in a world-wide cull. A general swing of the axe saw workers in a variety of functions packing up their spanners and staplers. One senior engineer told The Inquirer that it was "pretty serious". He was one of 150 from AMD's home town Austin to go. The company said the cuts are in line with its statements that it will cut a workforce of around 15,500 to 12,500 by early 2009. Add iTnews as your trusted source Got a news tip for our journalists? Share it with us anonymously here. theinquirer.net (c) 2010 Incisive Media Tags: amdemployeesfivetraining & development Partner Content Promoted Content Intelligence × Trust: the equation that will decide Australia's AI winners Promoted Content You meet the security standard. Shame no one can see it Partner Content Take control of your connectivity with Telstra’s Adaptive Networks Centre Partner Content Agile isn’t the problem: why projects still fail, and what’s missing Sponsored Whitepapers Agile in the AI Era: why projects still fail When Technology Becomes the Blocker: Unlocking Real Outcomes from AI and Cloud High-volume data sources for AI-driven security analytics How healthcare organisations can get more value from cloud 1 in 3 companies lose SaaS data. Here’s how to prevent it Events iTnews State of Security Breakfast iTnews State of Data & AI Breakfast Forrester's AI Forum Sydney The 2026 iAwards Integrate 2026