英特尔同意收购以色列初创公司Classiq Technologies Ltd.，此举旨在抢占量子计算这一仍处于起步阶段、正寻求商业应用的领域。
Corp. agreed to buy Israeli startup Classiq Technologies Ltd. as part of a push to capitalize on quantum computing, a still-nascent field that is seeking commercial applications.
这家芯片制造商未披露收购Classiq的价格，该公司的客户包括宝马和美国电话电报公司。该消息发布于英特尔周四公布第三季度财报前夕。
The chipmaker didn’t disclose the price it’s paying for Classiq, whose clients include BMW AG and AT&T Inc. The announcement comes just head of Intel’s third-quarter earnings report Thursday.
Classiq的客户利用其技术编写可在任何类型量子硬件上测试和运行的代码，从而探索这项潜在的革命性技术能否助力其业务。此次收购将增强英特尔在量子硬件方面的努力，并使该公司产品更易于部署在量子计算机中。
Classiq customers use its technology to create code that can be tested and run on any type of quantum hardware, allowing them to explore whether the potentially revolutionary technology can help their operations. The acquisition will bolster Intel’s quantum hardware efforts and make the company’s products easier to deploy in quantum computers.
英特尔首席执行官陈立武在一份声明中表示：“与Classiq联手，将英特尔量子计算事业部转变为一家全栈量子计算企业。”
“Joining forces with Classiq transforms Intel’s Quantum Computing Group into a full-stack quantum computing business,” Intel Chief Executive Officer Lip-Bu Tan said in a statement seen by Bloomberg News.
英特尔曾是全球最大的芯片制造商，希望确保不错过半导体行业一个潜在的巨大新市场。在陈立武的领导下，英特尔已稳住了紧张的财务状况，正寻求夺回在人工智能计算领域输给竞争对手的阵地。
Intel, once the world’s largest chipmaker, wants to ensure that it doesn’t miss out on a potentially large new market for the semiconductor industry. Under Tan’s leadership, Intel has stabilized its stretched finances and is now seeking to regain ground lost to rivals in artificial intelligence computing.
Classiq为客户提供专门开发的AI工具，帮助他们测试量子技术对其业务的实用性。这家融资超过2亿美元、拥有约130名员工的公司，将继续协助客户开发可在多种量子硬件上运行的代码——即使这些硬件来自英特尔的竞争对手。
Classiq offers customers access to specially developed AI tools that help them test out the usefulness of quantum for their operations. The company, which has raised more than $200 million in funding and has about 130 employees, will continue to help clients develop code that runs on multiple types of quantum hardware — even if it’s sourced from Intel’s competitors.
量子计算依靠操控亚原子粒子来加速数据处理。尽管该行业仍处于雏形，但因寻求在传统计算机处理上建立优势，已引起大型科技公司的兴趣。但量子硬件的巨大复杂性使其难以大规模部署。
Quantum computing relies on the manipulation of subatomic particles to speed up data crunching. Though still a fledgling industry, the field has gained interest from large technology companies seeking an edge over traditional computer processing. But the massive complexity of quantum hardware makes it difficult to deploy at a large scale.
十多年来，英特尔一直致力于将其在硅基元件制造方面的优势转化为量子计算领域的角色。与其他公司一样，它认为量子元件将与传统计算机协同工作，而不是全面取代它们。该公司专注于一种名为自旋量子比特的技术。
Intel has been working to parlay its strengths in silicon-based component manufacturing into a role in quantum computing for more than a decade. Like others, it sees quantum components working alongside traditional computers, not replacing them wholesale. It’s focused on a technology called spin qubits.
“这场革命关乎从科学向工程的转变，”Classiq首席执行官尼尔·米内尔比说，他于2020年联合创办了这家初创公司。“当你想到工程时，你就会想到英特尔。”
“This revolution is about the shift from science to engineering,” said Classiq CEO Nir Minerbi, who co-founded the startup in 2020. “When you think engineering, you think Intel.”