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 Partner Content AI Without Governance Is Just Expensive Risk Partner Content Scaling innovation safely: innovating through rapid prototyping with the mission in mind Partner Content Moving from threat intelligence to understanding business risk Promoted Content Network infrastructure will determine the fate of AI SPONSORED RESOURCES Can your organisation prove its AI is trustworthy? AI Security Readiness Forcepoint AI Data Security How much open-source malware can you really prevent? ITIL® AI Governance Events Personetics Executive Forum 2026 — Auckland HPE Networking Day Sydney iTnews Resilience, Rewired Breakfast RIMPA Live Convention 2026 iTnews Benchmark Security Awards 2026