Intel, the Bay Area chipmaker, is cutting 319 jobs in Northern California as part of its massive 15,000-worker slash. The company is struggling.

The layoffs in Oregon represent a little over five percent of Intel's workforce in the state, which totaled [PDF] 23,000 employees at the start of the year. However, this figure may not encompass the full scope of staff reductions hitting the R&D hub – including staff buyouts and early retirements, the brain drain could be even more substantial.