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 Partner Content Why Backing Up Your Microsoft 365 Data Is Only Half the Job Partner Content Cyber resilience rises up the board agenda as attacks intensify: Infotrust Partner Content Take control of your connectivity with Telstra’s Adaptive Networks Centre Sponsored Whitepapers Beyond RAG basics: Strategies and best practices for implementing RAG AI Workflows vs AI Agents Whitepaper Context Engineering with Hybrid Search for Agentic AI Building AI-powered Search Experiences Shining a Light in the Dark: Observability and Security Events iTnews Executive Retreat - Data & AI Edition iTnews Cloud Covered Breakfast Summit iTnews State of Security Breakfast The 2026 iAwards Integrate 2026