Intel merger rumours are not going away

AMD has confirmed a reduction in its global workforce, laying off approximately 1,000 employees, equivalent to 4 per cent of its total workforce of 26,000.

30 per cent of staff culled

Big cheeses at the Mozzarella Foundation, the Firefox browser maker Mozilla's non-profit arm, have laid off 30 per cent of its employees as the organisation says it faces a "relentless onslaught of change."

Chips are down

Samsung Electronics plans to significantly cut its chip executive positions and restructure semiconductor-related operations.

We warned you 

While we want AMD to do well to balance the Intel and Nvidia empires, it does seem that the outfit cannot get a break.  Today it announced that it is letting 500 staff go and will begin another wave of restructuring.

We hate to say we told you so

Chipmaker Qualcomm is considering breaking itself up and firing 4000 people, which is exactly what our source said it would do last week.