Intel, the US chip giant, had 107,000 global employees at the end of 2015 according to its annual report and added about 3,000 in the first quarter of 2016 with the finalisation of the acquisition of Atera. Last month Intel announced global jobs cuts of 12,000 including about 400 in Ireland. This is part of a trend for US tech firms and coupled with volatile American politics, there are likely to be more job losses in the sector in Ireland.