Intel has two Malaysian plants with a total of 8,000 employees, plus a sales office in Kuala Lumpur.
About 1,000 of the layoffs will come from the closing of the Austin plants.
The rest will come from AMD’s operations in Malaysia.
Computer maker Acer laid off about a third of its 2,300 Malaysian workers due to sluggish PC demand.
That number could rise to 90,000 by year end, the Malaysian Trade Union Congress warned.
