IBM大裁员，硬件及半导体研发部门受波及

尽管蓝色巨人IBM对于究竟裁员多少人仍未松口，但至少掌握到的消息是这一裁员行动甚至已波及半导体研发方面的工作。最近几天媒体针对IBM激活新一轮裁员行动持续报导。根据IBM员工组联Alliance@IBM估计，截至上周五为止IBM已砍了近2,300人了。 根据Alliance@IBM网站估计，在已知被裁撤的职位中，大约有500人来自于IBM硬件部门──Systems and Technology Group，其中不只包括该公司的微电子团队，甚至还有该公司服务器、储存系统与其它硬件人员。此外，Alliance@IBM在上周四的统计，当时已经有165位半导体研发人员的工作被裁撤，目前总共累积了多少人，则不得而知。 Alliance@IBM管理人员Lee Conrad表示，根据分析师的推测，IBM这一波裁员行动将波及全美约4,000到5,000人，全球约6,000至8,000人之间可能受影响。

尽管IBM不愿透露实际被裁人数多寡，但Conrad认为，占IBM员工人数较多的几个州，应该能迫使IBM公开有关裁员的详细信息。
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“必须强制要求IBM公开发布裁员数，”Conrad 表示，“多年来，IBM一直隐瞒这方面的信息，但对于一家领纳税人钱的公司，就有义务提供这些信息。” Conrad表示，最近发生在世界各地的这一轮裁员行动，是IBM持续精简其美国劳动力规模的一部份。他指出，IBM在十年前拥有超过16万名美国员工，而最近这一波裁员行动，已使美国IBM员工总数剩下不到九万人。 “有许多业务都转往海外发展了，”Conrad说。 本文授权编译自EE Times，版权所有，谢绝转载 本文下一页：有多少半导体研发工作被裁？

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{pagination} 有多少半导体研发工作被裁？ 对于半导体产界的一大问题是：IBM这一波裁员行动中，究竟裁掉了多少与研发有关的工作？它又将为日后带来什么影响？ 根据彭博社报导，IBM至少砍掉了165个半导体研发方面的工作。目前尚不清楚的是这165个半导体研发工作中，究竟有几个位于纽约上城──这是IBM与全 球合作伙伴共同推动在阿尔巴尼进行10纳米研发计划的中心位置。不过，Alliance@IBM已证实有几个被砍的研发工作位于北卡罗莱纳州的三角研究园 区(Research Triangle Park)。 在奥尔巴尼和周围的半导体研发和制造生态系统的增长一直是美国的重大胜利，特别是对于纽约州。虽然最后的数字还没有，它会出现，IBM已经削减至少有一些工人在这方面。 IBM裁员将是拖累了这一势头？ 纽约州阿尔巴尼半导体研发与制造生产系统的成长，一直美国取得重大半导体成功的重要据点，特别是对于纽约州而言，意义更重大。虽然目前这一地区有多少研发工 作受到波及还不得而知，但显然地，IBM至少已经裁撤掉这一地区的部份工作人员了。IBM这一波裁员行动是否冲击到该区的半导体研发动能？ 本文授权编译自EE Times，版权所有，谢绝转载 编译：Susan Hong 参考英文原文：What do IBM layoffs mean for New York's chip initiative?，by Dylan McGrath

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{pagination} What do IBM layoffs mean for New York's chip initiative? Dylan McGrath Reports of IBM initiating a new round of layoffs have been intensifying in recent days. According to the IBM employee group Alliance@IBM, as of late afternoon Friday (June 14), the total number of jobs that had been reported eliminated totaled nearly 2,300. According to the Alliance@IBM website, http://www.endicottalliance.org/, some 500 of the jobs that have known to have been eliminated have been from the Systems and Technology Group, IBM's hardware division, which includes not only the company's microelectronics activities but also servers, storage systems and other hardware. The Bloomberg news service, citing Alliance@IBM, reported Thursday that the layoffs that had been reported so far included at least 165 semiconductor R&D jobs. But that total is all but certain to climb. Lee Conrad, the administrator of Alliance@IBM, said the group has seen analyst reports speculating that the total number of IBM job cuts worldwide could totally between 6,000 and 8,000. Conrad said that sounds about right and speculated that the number of U.S. job cuts would likely be 4,000 to 5,000. Conrad said his group should have more complete information next week as reports continue to come in. Big Blue has been notoriously tight lipped about layoffs in recent years. The firm did not respond to an EE Times request for information about the layoffs. Conrad's group believes that states where IBM is a major employer should force Big Blue to disclose concrete information about job cuts. "It should be mandated that IBM publicly release these job cut numbers," Conrad said in an interview. "For many years, IBM has been hiding these things. For a company that gets taxpayer money that should be a mandate." Conrad notes that the latest round of layoffs—which are taking place worldwide—continue to the trend of IBM decreasing the size of its U.S. workforce. Ten years ago, he said, IBM had over 160,000 U.S. employees. With the latest cuts, that number is now below 90,000 he said. "There's a lot of stuff going off shore," Conrad said. How many chip industry job cuts? The big question in semiconductor circles is how many of the job cuts are related to IBM's semiconductor R&D work and what impact that will have. According to the Bloomberg report, at least 165 of the job cuts were in semiconductor research and development. It's not known how many of these jobs were based in upstate New York, where IBM is a central player in the move to establish the Albany area as the premiere location for semiconductor R&D globally. At least some of the R&D jobs eliminated were at North Carolina's Research Triangle Park, according to a separate report by the Herald-Sun, which also references Alliance@IBM. A separate story put together by The Westchester (N.Y.) Journal News and Poughkeepsie (N.Y.) Journal, carried on USA Today's website, says IBM eliminated about 700 jobs in New York state. The growth of the semiconductor R&D and manufacturing ecosystem in and around Albany has been a major win for the U.S., and particularly for New York State. While the final numbers are not yet in, it would appear that IBM has cut at least some workers in that area. Will the IBM job cuts be a drag on this momentum?