Intel to cut 12,000 jobs

[GEWB]

From the BBC

"US tech giant Intel is shedding 12,000 jobs as it seeks to cut reliance on the declining personal computer market.

The maker of computer chips will take a $1.2bn charge to cover restructuring costs."

Intel to cut 12,000 jobs from global operations - BBC News

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[Painter]

Probably will not impact their desktop 2016 CPU families even though the PC market is shrinking. Broadwell-E which will be targeted at enthusiasts and extreme desktop users. Apollo Lake and Kaby Lake-U chips for the embedded segment to power low-energy devices and the Kaby Lake-S mainstream platform and Skylake-S chips featuring the GT4e chips with embedded DRAM.