Layoffs at TI?

TI will finalize an early retirement later this month for 50 year-plus employees. This will result in a 5 percent staff cut.
Then, it will announce a layoff during the quarterly earnings report, which will result in a 20 percent staff cut.
Combined, the layoff should reduce TI's headcount by about 25 percent. Wow!

Ericsson posts results, cuts 5,000 jobs

Ericsson said it was stepping up its cost-savings efforts and cutting 5,000 jobs, aiming to reach annual savings of 10 billion crowns by the second half of 2010.

Intel to close plants, cuts up to 6,000 jobs

The other shoe has dropped at Intel Corp., as the chip giant will close two fabs and three IC-assembly factories.
The actions at what comes to four sites, when combined with associated support functions, are expected to affect between 5,000-to-6,000 employees worldwide.

AMD

Recently Advanced Micro Devices Inc. said it plans to cut an additional 900 jobs during the first quarter of 2009 as part of a series of moves designed to reduce the chip maker's workforce by about 9 percent.
AMD (Sunnyvale, Calif.) will shed another 200 jobs through a combination of attrition and the previously announced divestiture of its handheld business, the company said.
AMD had two major rounds of layoffs in 2008. Late last year, AMD reduced its workforce by about 600 employees. Last July, it announced the layoff of 10 percent of its workers.

Мисля, че няма да мине много време и "китайски хардуер" и "индийски софтуер"
няма да са нарицателни за "бананови продукти", поне не повече от западната продукция.
А може и да е дошъл този момент.

Живот и здраве се надявам в близко бъдеще да поживея и поработя на тяхна почва.

... ако аз трябва да организирам 100 човека в софия ...

The negotiations to save struggling memory chip maker Qimonda apparently have got stuck.

...

Qimonda's insolvency does not come as a surprise to the industry. Neither should one think the company will remain
the only victim of the ongoing shake-out in the DRAM market. The reasons are as complex as the consequences.

...

While in normal markets competition is the regulating factor, with price, quality and technical innovation as its parameters,
this is not the case when governments step in. They did so to an extend that analyst Penn was motivated to use a strong comparison.
"This is the economical equivalent of World War III", he said.

.... телекомуникацийте и въвеждане на най-новите технологий....

за съжаление е вярно.
но не защото много са напреднали азиатците, а защото "западното" ниво падна твърде много.
и май вместо ние да станем като тях - те станаха като нас.

IBM cuts jobs as workers reach boiling point
As reported, IBM last week cut some 2,800 workers from its software, sales and distribution units.
Then, on Tuesday (Jan. 25), IBM slashed 1,200 more jobs within its Systems and Technology Group worldwide. That group includes its system and chip units.


Freescale posts $4B loss in Q4, $8B loss in '08
Freescale Semiconductor Inc. continues to spill red ink. It lost nearly $8 billion in 2008, but real question is clear: How long can this go on?


Toshiba delays fabs, cuts capex and jobs
Hit hard by the IC downturn, Japan's Toshiba Corp. outlined several cost-cutting moves, including plans to delay two NAND flash fabs. The company also reduced its capital spending and will cut 4,500 temporary workers


Sony sinks to Q3 loss
Sony Corp. fell into the red in the latest quarter and reiterated its forecast for a record annual loss due to sliding demand and a stronger yen.

ST to cut 4,500 jobs amid weak results
Amid a loss and a poor outlook, STMicroelectronics Inc. outlined a major cost-cutting effort in 2009, including a plan to shed 4,500 jobs.