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AMD increase number of the Sack Employees

San Francisco - News did not come from the sleek Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD). Manufacturers of computer processors increase the number of employees who will be the ax.

Originally, AMD is planning to sack 500 employees to save financial companies. But the plan changed a hurry with the increase in number to 100 more people. Total employees who will be the ax AMD is estimated to reach 600 people.

The plan they say will be made in January to come. If realized, as quoted from Reuters, Wednesday (31/12/2008), financial companies can save as much as U.S. $ 70 million.

Trimming employees is one of AMD efforts to reduce expenditure. In the third quarter 2008, AMD has been a loss of U.S. $ 67 million.

AMD also said that the government intends to ask for compensation developers origin Canadian graphics chipset, ATI, because no benefit after acquired ATI. AMD can not mengestimasi real amount of compensation that will be required, that compensation will be material.

DreamWorks executive : ‘why we moved from AMD to Intel’

Intel Advanced Micro Devices has UpStage DreamWorks Animation. The film studio and decided to go with AMD processors from Intel, citing improved productivity and work plan for a more promising.

DreamWorks specifically mentioned the forthcoming Intel Nehalem Larrabee processor and graphics chips as reasons for change.

Intel and DreamWorks announced Tuesday that they have a strategic alliance for 3D film technology. DreamWorks plans to all its films in stereoscopic 3D - viewers use special glasses to improve 3D - next year. Intel is DreamWorks with “emerging technologies, including future chips with multiple processor cores, the companies said.
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