To reduce costs, intel's global plan to lay off 15,000 employees is accelerating, according to foreign media Globes, intel's Israel R&D center has laid off hundreds of employees, with dozens of intel employees leaving to join nvidia early this year. It is understood that intel has approximately 0.0117 million employees in its Israel operations department, with 7,800 in the R&D department and 3,900 in the manufacturing department. The latest layoffs are concentrated in the R&D department, while the manufacturing department employees remain relatively unchanged, as intel prepares to complete the Fab 38 factory in Kiryat Gat. The actual number of voluntary resignations, retirements, or direct layoffs is currently unclear. However, Globes reports that intel will lay off hundreds of Israeli employees.