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Texas Instruments to lay off 1,700

By David Goldman @CNNMoneyTech November 14, 2012: 6:12 PM ET

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Chipmaker Texas Instruments said Wednesday that it will lay off 1,700 workers in an effort to shift focus away from its struggling mobile business.

The job cuts represent about 5% of TI's staff, and they are part of a previously announced restructuring initiative aimed at cutting costs and increasing its presence in the burgeoning embedded device market. Shares of Texas Instruments (TXN, Fortune 500) rose about 1% in afterhours trading.

The Dallas-based company had made some headway in the smartphone market a few years ago. But recently the biggest mobile phone makers, including Samsung and Apple (AAPL, Fortune 500) have opted to design their own chips for their respective Galaxy smartphones and iPhones.

Other mobile processor competitors, including Samsung, Qualcomm(QCOM, Fortune 500) and Nvidia (NVDA) have also had better success in the smartphone business. Even Intel (INTC, Fortune 500)has made strides, signing recent deal with Motorola (MSI, Fortune 500)to put its new mobile chips in future Motorola smartphones.

TI says it's time to reconsider its strategy, opting instead to embrace what many industry experts believe is the future of the mobile sector: embedded connectivity in everyday items, including appliances, cars and even clothing.

"We have a great opportunity to reshape our [mobile] processor and wireless connectivity product lines to concentrate on embedded markets," said Greg Delagi, head of TI's embedded processing division, in a statement. "These job reductions are something we do with a heavy heart because they impact people we care deeply about."

TI said it expects to be able to save $450 million by the end of 2013 by making the cuts. The company said the layoffs will cost $325 million, most of which will be realized in the current quarter. 

德州儀器裁員1700人

2012-11-16 

全球領先的半導體跨國公司——德州儀器也陷入裁員風波。該公司昨日宣佈計劃裁員1700人，占員工總數的5%。

德州儀器表示，此次裁員到2013年底將為公司節約4.5億美元，該公司預計裁員的相關費用開支將達3.25億美元。不過並未透露裁員具體從何時展開，但預計將涉及全球各個分公司。

德州儀器的三季報盈利不及預期，雖然凈利潤增長30%，但營收卻下滑2%。該公司此前還宣佈，計劃不再以為手機行業開發OMAP移動應用處理器為業務重點，轉而將資源投向嵌入式晶片業務。