California-based tech giant Intel announced earlier this week that more than 1,000 of its Oregon workers will soon be out of jobs after an earlier round of company-wide cuts in August.

Intel has begun to send formal notifications to 1,300 employees at its Gordon Moore Park facility, saying that they only have until next month to stay in their position. This massive job cut is part of the company’s plan to cut more than 15% of its workforce as part of its plan to help turn around after suffering massive losses.

Intel and Advanced Micro Devices on Tuesday said they are forming a group to help make sure software works across their chips, responding to a rising challenge from Arm Holdings .

Like Professor X and Magneto, Intel and AMD know when to team up and take on a shared adversary. The two companies have formed a new x86 advisory group to stem the platform’s bleeding from Arm’s rapidly growing adoption.

In a rarity, long-time competitors Intel and AMD are teaming up to ensure the x86 chip architecture remains on top amid the growing threat of Arm-based processors. On Tuesday, the US chip makers announced the partnership,