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-driven attacks shrinking response window for security teams, Elastic warns Partner Content The Toggle Tax: 5 signs your support team is Mental-Tasking, not Multitasking Partner Content Context engineering emerges as ‘next battleground’ for enterprise AI Partner Content How Optus brings your mobile-first security strategy to life Sponsored Whitepapers The future of resilience: AI-Driven dynamic storage 5 reasons to adopt a mobile first security strategy Uncomplicate IT Service Delivery with AI Agents Getting ahead of the tech: what’s next for Australian organisations in digital transformation Fintech compliance made fast and secure Events Melbourne Cloud & Datacenter Convention 2026 iTnews Executive Retreat - Data & AI Edition The 2026 iAwards