Wave 1 — 2025 (multi-quarter)
~24,000 (15% workforce)
CEO Pat Gelsinger's restructuring, then continued under Lip-Bu Tan. Foundry, Altera, IDM 2.0 reorgs.
Intel cut 24,000+ in 2025 plus another 2,400 in Jan 2026. Foundry & Altera divisions hardest hit. AI tools to land your next chip role.
26,400+
Total Layoffs
2+
Layoff Waves
~17%
Of Workforce
2025–Jan 2026
Time Window
Verified data from authoritative sources, organized by wave.
Wave 1 — 2025 (multi-quarter)
CEO Pat Gelsinger's restructuring, then continued under Lip-Bu Tan. Foundry, Altera, IDM 2.0 reorgs.
Wave 2 — Jan 2026
Additional Q1 2026 reductions in U.S. fabs and engineering teams.
Cumulative Total
Largest layoff in Intel's history. Foundry, Altera, IDM design, and management heavily impacted.
Ex-Intel employees face specific challenges in the 2026 job market.
Verilog/SystemVerilog, OPC, lithography, and node-specific work needs translation for NVIDIA, AMD, Apple Silicon hiring.
RTL design, DV, physical design, and analog roles each have unique loop styles. Stale reps cost offers.
Local job markets are saturated with displaced Intel engineers competing for the same roles.
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