Intergraph Corp is to cut 200 jobs and exit the PC desktop and server business, the company said yesterday. It blamed the ramifications of its legal battle with Intel Corp for the cuts. On Wednesday, Intergraph asked the courts to enforce the injunction it won in April 1998, forcing Intel to continue supplying technology and information pending the outcome of the lawsuit (CI No 3,733).
General purpose PCs and servers in Intergraph’s TD range were usually sold to customers of the company’s core range of high-end workstations and technical servers as part of larger deals. It will now concentrate solely on its 3D workstations, servers and graphics accelerators.
Most of the job cuts associated with closing down the PC business have already been made. 150 of the jobs came from the US operations, based in Huntsville, Alabama. Intergraphhas only just taken a $3m charge for resizing its operations in the second quarter, and may now need to make a further charge in its third quarter.
