Intel hits the brakes on its automotive business, and layoffs have started

Intel closes the work of car architecture, and most of the staff is again reconstructed in ChipMaker.

The news was first reported by Oregonian / Oregon Live referred to an internal memorial Shared with employees on Tuesday. Intel Techcrunch confirmed that auto plans to be reduced to work, on Tuesday was internally informed.

“As we have said, we refrain from our main customer and information center portfolio to strengthen our product offers and meet the needs of our customers,” he said. “As part of this work, we decided to reduce the car in our client’s calculation group. We are determined to provide a smooth transition to our customers.”

Pforzheimer said the company did not disclose the number of affected employees based on the special region, location or work.

Intel’s car business may not be a dominant income generator, but the section was active in the automated vehicle technology and “the trend of vehicles designated by the program.

Intel, especially in the first days of the autonomous vehicle technology, made a large number of multimillion dollars in the cars. Then the company’s initiative lever Invest $ 250 million To car technology. The profile was removed Intel has acquired Mobile In 2017, it is $ 15.3 billion for a proposal to expand itself driving technology. MobileEye would then rotate as a single-selling company that is the main shareholder of Intel. Intel’s car business in 2020 Acquired moovit Israel is in an agreement worth $ 900 million.

After demonstrating the technology of the technology of the consonant in the Global Technology Trade Show CES 2025, six-month cars have been operated by the end of 2025 and have a tool to have a vehicle technology produced by the end of 2025.

However, the future of the department was similar to the soil until April, even when he met China’s cars in the Shanghai automatic show – the new CEO of Lip-Tan, warned Anel workers within the company due to sale and dark worldview.

At the beginning of this month the company said that It is scheduled to be 15% of employees to 20% In the Intel casting section beginning in July. Intel casting produces semiconductors and packages for foreign customers.