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. Got a news tip for our journalists? Share it with us anonymously here. theinquirer.net (c) 2010 Incisive Media Tags: amdemployeesfivetraining & development Partner Content Partner Content Elastic's Open Source Strategy Drives Innovation and Expansion AI Copilot: Breaking Down Silos & Securing the Future Partner Content Ransomware targets Australian SME false sense of security Unlock SMB Success with Microsoft Copilot Sponsored Whitepapers How Kraft Heinz Transformed Planning with AI & 5 M+ Data Sets Defend Your Network from the Next Generation of AI Threats Optus Enterprise Mobility Life After VMware: Scale Securely with mCloud by Micron21 Cut Cloud Costs Without Compromise: Discover mCloud by Micron21 Events Private AI vs Public AI: How your organisation can securely adopt AI without compromise and excessive cost iTnews Benchmark Security Awards 2025 Digital Leadership Day Federal Government Cyber Security Showcase Federal Government Innovation Showcase Federal