AMD, a Santa Clara-based chipmaker, said on Wednesday that it will lay off 4% of its staff around the world, as the longtime CPU maker seeks to gain a stronger foothold in the growing AI chip space dominated by Nvidia.

AMD has confirmed it’s laying off roughly four percent of its global workforce, according to reports by TechCrunch and others. It’s not entirely clear how many people will be impacted by this move, or which divisions the laid off employees will be pulled from.

The logo of semiconductor company Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD) is seen on a graphics processing unit (GPU) chip in this illustration picture taken February 17, 2023. REUTERS/Florence Lo/Illustration/File Photo (Reuters) - Advanced Micro Devices is laying off 4% of its global workforce,

AMD has confirmed that it's laying off 4% of its workforce to focus on "large growth opportunities." "As a part of aligning our resources with our largest growth opportunities, we are taking a number of targeted steps,