Intel’s vast Leixlip operation is facing a period of deep uncertainty over the next few months as the chipmaker’s new CEO Lip-Bu Tan, his leadership team and management at the Kildare plant weigh up potentially substantial cuts to its 4,900-strong workforce. But it did nothing to inspire confidence among current and former insiders, who spoke to The Currency on condition of anonymity, to see the chipmaker introduce a Boston Dynamics robotic dog named Chip at an event in San Jose last month. This was only days after media reports of potential layoffs of up to 20 per cent – 20,000…

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