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 The Toggle Tax: 5 signs your support team is Mental-Tasking, not Multitasking Partner Content Cyber resilience rises up the board agenda as attacks intensify: Infotrust Promoted Content InnoEX and Hong Kong Electronics Fair (Spring Edition) will open in April 2026 Partner Content Always-on defence becomes critical as AI accelerates cyber threats: Infotrust 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