Strictly speaking for doing IC design only (not including fabs)

Mediatek, Realtek, AMD, Qualcomm, Marvell, Broadcom, STMicroelectronics, Infineon, Silicon Labs. These are some of the bigger names which have IC design footprint there.

There are also some smaller startups like Adoresys, OMNIVISION, and companies doing design engineering services.

This round Intel CPM is so scary. A lot of people both senior and junior alike kena. Rumour mill going around that one whole team kena cut because some projects getting canceled so no need so many people in a department. And this is Malaysia, the supposedly safe low cost geo.

This post has been edited by Xflkekw: Jul 1 2025, 08:30 PM

For now I am safe. My manager also dunno if he is safe As they say in times like this, no news is good news. If anyone see they get a sudden 1 on 1 meeting scheduled by their manager then need to be prepared dy.

Every department will communicate their CPM independently so some department the communication started this week, some since last few weeks ago, some will do so in the coming weeks. I think they plan to wrap this up by end of July.

This post has been edited by Xflkekw: Jul 1 2025, 10:21 PM

You cant compare number of employees directly with Nvidia and AMD la. They have no fabs and factories. more accurate would be to add both AMD and TSMC even then that is not a fair comparison.

Altera only got 3-5k employees total. Current number as of Q2'2025 is around 99k. After CPM expect to be around 80-90k. I dont think Intel can go any lower. You need man power to operate the fabs and factories.

Well from what I have seen, the low performers on any given grade level are the ones actually shown the exit first.

Then only senior engineers. Cuts are done based on critical skills mapping and project requirement this time around. Yes there are people that were doing work also got cut but usually based on several factors.

1. They have hit their grade ceiling and unable to progress further. In the mean time, their skillsets are not unique and there is someone on the team with a lower grade that can do their job.

2. Projects got ZBB'ed. And again, their skillsets are not unique and people in the same department owning other projects also have the same technical expertise.

Kinda sucks and ironic. Means that if you want to keep your job, don't teach everything to your juniors if you are a high grade IC but not at PE level.

Can attest to Skyechip's non existent work life balance. Required to work weekends because deadlines XD

Gym is a shared facility just like the cafes. Auditorium belongs to Intel. Altera will pay per use.

nah Intel is much better. Skyechip I hear from friends... weekday everyday OT until at night. Weekend also need come office. Direct managers clueless don't know technical stuff one (those program managers type) cant help them ungate roadblocks yet keep pushing them for deadlines.