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By Katie Paul

Oct 4 2023 6:38AM

Custom chips used to power AR and VR hardware.

Meta to lay off employees in metaverse silicon unit

Meta is planning to lay off employees in the unit of its metaverse-oriented Reality Labs division focused on creating custom silicon, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. Employees were informed of the layoffs in a post on Meta's internal discussion forum Workplace. The post said ...

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