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 agents are reshaping identity governance, and attackers are already exploiting the gap Partner Content One NZ cut provisioning time from days to minutes. Here's how Partner Content AI’s Next Challenge Isn’t Models — It’s Managing Data at Scale Partner Content CommBank creates opportunities for technologists to upskill with frontier AI companies SPONSORED RESOURCES 2026 Wasabi Global Cloud Storage Index The Mythos Moment: When AI Outpaces Remediation - How Can Enterprises Respond Innovate anywhere with HPE and Azure Local Cloud Covered Report: New Zealand How healthcare organisations can get more value from cloud Events iTnews State of Data & AI Breakfast SAP NOW AI Tour ANZ Forrester's AI Forum Sydney The 2026 iAwards Integrate 2026