【OFweek电子工程网翻译 Laven】混合信号芯片制造商SMSC（Standard Microsystems Corp.）周三（18日）宣布董事会投票通过了一项重组计划，决定全球裁员5%，将近50名员工。

　　SMSC表示希望通过此举来将公司的营运支出每年减少600万到700万美元。

　　SMSC指出，在截止于四月的2012财年第四季度，公司将承担100万到150万美元的会计费用。至于裁员细节，公司尚未透露。

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SMSC to cut 5% of workforce

http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4234882/SMSC-to-cut-5--of-workforce

　　Mixed-signal chip maker Standard Microsystems Corp. (SMSC) said Wednesday (Jan. 18) its board of directors voted to approve a restructuring plan that will eliminate about 5 percent of its global workforce, or about 50 employees.

　　In a regulatory filing, SMSC (Hauppauge, N.Y.) said it expects the move will reduce the company''s operating expenses by about $6 million to $7 million per year.

　　SMSC said it will take accounting charges of about $1 million to $1.5 million during the fourth quarter of its fiscal 2012, which closes in April. The company did not divulge details about the expected layoffs.