Report: Intel to lay off more than 500 workers in Arizona

Intel to lay off more than 500 workers in Arizona

Intel, one Arizona's largest employers, will reportedly lay off 560 workers in the Phoenix area.

Apr 26, 2016, 3:43 PM Updated: Apr 27, 2016, 8:36 am

FILE - This Thursday, Jan. 7, 2016, file photo shows a laptop that uses Intel's sixth-generation Core chip known as Skylake, at the Intel booth during CES International in Las Vegas. Intel announced Tuesday, April 19, it will cut 12,000 jobs, about 11 percent of its workforce, as it reorganizes to confront a decline in sales of personal computers. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

(AP Photo/John Locher, File)

PHOENIX — Intel, one Arizona’s largest employers, will lay off 560 workers in the Phoenix area.

The layoffs will be carried out at two of the company’s facilities in Chandler.

Intel will lay off 312 workers from its campus near Chandler Boulevard and Rural Road while 248 who work at another facility near Dobson and Ocotillo roads will lose their jobs.

The company said last week it would cut 12,000 jobs nationwide, but did not clarify at the time if any would be in Arizona.

In an email, a spokesperson for the technology company said its workforce would be reduced by mid-2017 after it consolidated several sites.

The employees will be let go through a variety of “voluntary and involuntary departures, reevaluation of projects, and an increased focus on efficiency in a variety of programs.”

Intel said the cuts — which consist of about 11 percent of its workforce — will provide about $1.4 billion in annual savings by the time they are completed next year.

The computer chipmaker, based in Santa Clara, California, is a leading supplier of computer chips, but PC sales have been declining steadily in recent years. It’s trying to focus on its most profitable lines of business, which include making processors for data center computers and Internet-connected gadgets.