AUSTIN, TX – Newisys Inc., developer of multiple server technologies, is closing its manufacturing operation in Austin, TX and laying off 87 local employees. 

Part of Sanmina SCI Corp., the San Jose-based parent company notified the Texas Workforce Commission of the layoffs in a letter dated May 8.

Newisys was founded in 2000 to capitalize on the Opteron chip produced by Advanced Micro Devices Inc. and was picked up by Sanmina SCI in 2003. It employed 100 people at that time.
 
Executives at Sanmina SCI could not be reached for comment.