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Tan said quantum computing has become part of Intel\u2019s strategic direction for the next five to 10 years, suggesting that the company views the technology not simply as a research project but as a potential extension of its manufacturing and computing businesses.<\/p>\n
Quantum computing remains divided among several competing technologies, including superconducting circuits, trapped ions, photonics, neutral atoms and silicon spin qubits.<\/p>\n
Intel is pursuing the last of these.<\/p>\n
The basic idea is to use the spin of electrons in silicon to create qubits, allowing the company to draw on technologies and manufacturing techniques developed for conventional semiconductor production.<\/p>\n
Intel has already developed silicon spin-qubit technology and says its Tunnel Falls chip was designed using industrial transistor fabrication techniques with scalability and high-volume manufacturing in mind. The company is also developing the supporting control and testing infrastructure needed to move toward larger systems.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou have to figure out what are the different technology approaches that will work,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd then at the end, how do you do mass production?\u201d<\/p>\n
That is where Intel believes it may have something that many quantum startups do not.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd that\u2019s when you notice that you need to have a fab. A good fab that can support that,\u201d Tan said. \u201cThat\u2019s where Intel plays a very different important role.\u201d<\/p>\n
The company is not claiming that its architecture has won the race. Tan explicitly said the verdict remains open.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think there\u2019s a lot of different methods,\u201d he said. \u201cI think you should try different ways.\u201d<\/p>\n
The challenge is that building a useful quantum computer requires much more than demonstrating that individual qubits work. Error correction, control systems, software, power and the physical infrastructure all have to work together.<\/p>\n
That is also why Tan\u2019s investment in Israeli startup Classiq is significant.<\/p>\n
Classiq is not trying to build the quantum processor itself. The company develops software designed to allow organizations to build quantum applications without having to work directly with the underlying hardware.<\/p>\n
Tan described the company as an attempt to build \u201cthe next Cadence\u201d for quantum computing, a reference to the chip-design software company where he previously served as CEO.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey want to be the next Cadence to computers, quantum computing,\u201d Tan said.<\/p>\n
Classiq was founded in 2020 by Nir Minerbi, Amir Naveh and Yehuda Naveh. The company has developed a software platform that allows quantum applications to be designed in a hardware-agnostic way, potentially allowing users to work across different quantum machines rather than building software around a single type of processor.<\/p>\n
Tan said he was attracted to Classiq partly because of the technical strength of its team and because it had already begun working with customers on potential applications.<\/p>\n
\u201cI met the team. The team is super technical and brilliant,\u201d he said. \u201cI like it, their approach.\u201d<\/p>\n
He also pointed to applications including chemistry and medicine as areas where quantum computing could eventually demonstrate its value.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt the end of the day, if you\u2019re gonna scale, it\u2019s based on what application, what solution you try to address,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd how accurate is that. Can you make it repeatable? Whether you can scale it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Classiq has since attracted substantial international backing. In May 2025, the company announced a $110 million Series C, bringing its total funding to $173 million. Existing investors included Tan. Two months later, SoftBank Vision Fund 2 and CDP Venture Capital invested another $10 million to $20 million, bringing Classiq\u2019s total funding to as much as $200 million.<\/p>\n
Tan said he believes quantum computing could ultimately have an impact far beyond its current niche.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis can be ten times bigger than AI using classical computing to quantum computing,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
But he also repeatedly stressed how early the industry remains.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe verdict is still out,\u201d Tan said. \u201cIt\u2019s still very early.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Intel is betting on quantum computing as one of the technologies that could shape computing a decade from…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":863100,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[191,74],"class_list":["post-863099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-computing","tag-computing","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/863099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=863099"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/863099\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/863100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=863099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=863099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=863099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}