Smartphone chipset giant Qualcomm has announced that it will lay off 226 employees in San Diego later this year. The layoffs are part of the company’s business diversification strategy. Qualcomm’s upcoming layoffs of hundreds of workers in the region were announced in a California Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) notice.

This is the chipmaker's second round of layoffs over the past year, while the company recorded billions in revenue.

Chipmaker Qualcomm is set to lay off over 200 workers in United States later this year. According to a notice posted by Qualcomm on California's WARN (Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification) Act,

Chipmaker Qualcomm has said that it will lay off 226 workers in San Diego later in the year. A California WARN notice first published the news this week stated that the layoffs will take effect on November 12.

The layoffs will affect staff across 16 of Qualcomm’s San Diego locations, including its corporate headquarters, which houses its cybersecurity operations. While the notice does not specify if cybersecurity personnel are included in the layoffs,

Chip giant Qualcomm is reportedly laying off at least 226 employees in the US later this year as part of its business diversification strategy.