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AMD cuts more UK staff
CHIP DESIGN FIRM AMD has reluctantly admitted that it had to make redundancies in the UK despite posting its first profit for a long time in the final quarter of 2009.
European AMD PR manager Michael Schmid told the Inquirer this afternoon that the decision was part of the company's re-alignment strategy, saying, "As part of our ongoing efforts to align our organization with the opportunities in the market, we have had to make the difficult decision to slightly reduce our workforce in the United Kingdom."
Schmid wouldn't reveal the number of staff who were cut or where the trimmings were made, however a source reported to The INQUIRER that 50 UK employees received their pink slips earlier this week.
However, to the best of our knowledge AMD only employs around 50 people in the UK, so if its headcount is being only slightly reduced, the number is likely about five or less.
The timing seems strange, as the second largest x86 chip designer on the planet has just recorded its first quarterly profit at the end of 2009 off the back of 11 consecutive losing quarters in a row. However, as we reported last week, Chimpzilla would have reported a loss of $47,000 had it not been for the $1.2 billion settlement paid out by Intel to make its lawyers go away. µ
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(I can you assure you this is not Nick Farrell writing under an alias - Ed)
The biggest news by ATI to IT community is not the new catalyst v10.1 drivers, but a second postponement of 5830 by ATI. The unofficial reason for a 5830 that was initially slated for 25 January is PCB issues :-D.
That is so lame excuse :-D, the 5850 and 5830 are same card, same PCB, cooling, 256bit BUS, DDR5, same GPU just lover clocks of GPU core and memory and 160 less shaders, the biggest difference is the sticker :-D = 5830 is binned 5850. The 5830 cost AMD same as 5850 so they decided to postpone 5830 as long as possible at this stage for 3-4 weeks to make more money for ATI- AMD and its partners, 5850 earns higher margins for whole ATI distribution channel. 5830 delayed from 25 January to 5th
of February and at this stage around 16th February This is a result of lack of competition, NVIDIA hurry up with FERMI ;-D.
P.S 5830 specs:
Same PCB, cooling and connectivity as 5850, 625 Mhz GPU clock, 800 Mhz DDR5 memory, 1280 shaders, that are the slated specs for 5830 by ATI, when it finally becomes available it will be the best cost - value - performance single video card and crossfire solution ;-D. The difference ratio is the same as between 5870 and 5850 ;-D
dresden was not in the american zone my friend.
learn to type btw
So, in the end AMD will not have a staff in the UK, only the distributor of AMD stuff. I think this is a good sign that Intel and AMD settlement is benefitting Intel than AMD. It's a stupid thing if a weak player decided to settle the antitrust case with the stronger player. I don't believe the settlement will be worked for AMD.
Every UK reader Knows That Germans' Have Special term for English. Its' NOT Pretty, Since GERMANS' Live In occupied territory. ScoreCard Seems. US: SCHMIDT Make Digital Czar By Hon Obama Month AGO. Mike Schmid IS on FaceBook & Friend. There Are two AMD Mike Schimd On FaceBook, both From Germany.Speaking In Best Australin tongue
Dressden In AMERICAN Zone. BERLIN IN English. Kolh, Well Thats More Surrendered French than English Possesed Germany. So Fight Never Really Ended, For UnInFormed.
Leaveing England KINGDOM Bit On Scracthe. In Fact....never mind. ONE Strong recommendation:BUY INTEL. Scapper For FREEDOM. RUN By ChandelSheker, Div of DRASHEK.
Signed:OWN 'EM BOTH.