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 The AI era demands a new kind of network Promoted Content From ambition to impact: The next era of government transformation. Promoted Content Protecting the Human Operating System: How Technology Teams Can Perform Under Pressure in an Always-On World Promoted Content How David Jones, Canva and others are putting agentic AI to work SPONSORED RESOURCES Craft your ideal hybrid multicloud strategy Secure your AI future with generative AI defense See how F5 protects modern applications against evolving threats 8 Benefits of a Backup Service for IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS 5 Essentials for Effortless SaaS Data Resilience Events RIMPA Live Convention 2026 What’s Next? Cloud Resilience Summit iTnews Benchmark Security Awards 2026 iTnews State of Security Breakfast Sydney