《財(cái)富》雜志獨(dú)家獲悉，英特爾將對(duì)風(fēng)河（Wind River）業(yè)務(wù)進(jìn)行重組。

風(fēng)河公司是英特爾的全資子公司，也是全球領(lǐng)先的智能互連系統(tǒng)軟件提供商，其一直保持獨(dú)立運(yùn)營(yíng)。但這一地位將在2017年終結(jié)。屆時(shí)，這家公司將徹底并入母公司。

目前，英特爾尚未對(duì)外公布這一消息，但公司發(fā)言人確認(rèn)，公司已在本周早些時(shí)候向風(fēng)河公司員工發(fā)布了一份聲明，概述了重組計(jì)劃。

英特爾公司在2009年以8.84億美元的價(jià)格，收購(gòu)了風(fēng)河公司，該公司的主營(yíng)業(yè)務(wù)是小型設(shè)備和其他非PC設(shè)備的嵌入式操作系統(tǒng)。這些小型快速的操作系統(tǒng)，對(duì)于物聯(lián)網(wǎng)至關(guān)重要。物聯(lián)網(wǎng)作為一個(gè)新興市場(chǎng)，由數(shù)以十億計(jì)的互聯(lián)設(shè)備組成，比如跟蹤身體健康的可穿戴設(shè)備，或者大型工業(yè)設(shè)備等，這些設(shè)備可收集海量的數(shù)據(jù)。

上周，《財(cái)富》雜志獨(dú)家報(bào)道了風(fēng)河公司總裁巴里?梅因茨悄然離開英特爾的消息。1月6日晚些時(shí)候，梅因茨以MobileIron公司新任首席執(zhí)行官的身份出現(xiàn)在公眾視野中。

英特爾發(fā)言人表示，將風(fēng)河并入母公司，是公司邏輯流程的下一個(gè)步驟。她提及，除風(fēng)河外，英特爾還有另外一家公司——邁克菲（McAfee）與風(fēng)河類似。2011年，英特爾以65.9億美元收購(gòu)了這家計(jì)算機(jī)安全公司，并保持其獨(dú)立運(yùn)營(yíng)。

發(fā)言人稱，此次重組的目的是促進(jìn)風(fēng)河與英特爾其他部門的良好協(xié)作，重組后的風(fēng)河將保留其品牌，繼續(xù)支持非英特爾處理器。

據(jù)知情人士透露，風(fēng)河方面擔(dān)心重組會(huì)導(dǎo)致裁員和其他連鎖反應(yīng)。他們認(rèn)為，此舉是為了整合英特爾首席執(zhí)行官科在奇的一系列努力。科在奇一直在努力將英特爾打造成后PC時(shí)代的一支強(qiáng)大力量，繼續(xù)往日的輝煌。這是一項(xiàng)艱難的任務(wù)，而且英特爾并不能確保成功。

況且，從以往的記錄來看，英特爾最大限度利用收購(gòu)對(duì)象的能力并不令人放心，就連公司負(fù)責(zé)并購(gòu)的高管溫戴爾?布魯克斯最近也向OregonLive承認(rèn)了這一點(diǎn)。不過，身為英特爾并購(gòu)副總裁的布魯克斯堅(jiān)定地表示，隨著英特爾最近（同時(shí)也是規(guī)模最大）的收購(gòu)交易的結(jié)束，這種狀況會(huì)有所改變。最近，英特爾以167億美元的價(jià)格，收購(gòu)了芯片巨頭Altera及其現(xiàn)場(chǎng)可編程邏輯門陣列專有技術(shù)。

對(duì)于英特爾會(huì)如何處理風(fēng)河公司業(yè)務(wù)，外界仍在拭目以待。(財(cái)富中文網(wǎng))

譯者：劉進(jìn)龍/汪皓

Wind River’s status as a wholly-owned-but-sort-of-independent subsidiary of Intel will end next year when it will be fully integrated into the parent company. The news was not announced, but an Intel spokeswoman confirmed that a statement outlining the plan was sent to Wind River employees earlier this week.

Intel intc bought Wind River, which focuses on embedded operating systems for small devices and other non-PC gadgets, for $884 million in 2009. These small, fast operating systems are critical for the Internet of things, an emerging market built on billions of connected devices from tiny wearables for monitoring fitness to massive industrial machines that collect huge troves of data.

Last week, Fortune reported exclusively that Wind River president Barry Mainz had quietly left Intel. Late Wednesday, Mainz was introduced as the new chief executive of MobileIron

The Intel spokeswoman said the incorporation of Wind River into the broader company is the next step in a logical process. The only other Intel acquisition that remained a subsidiary this long was McAfee, the computer security company that Intel bought for $6.59 billion in 2011, she noted.

The idea is to align Wind River, which will retain its branding and continue to support non-Intel processors, with other Intel groups to assure better collaboration, the spokeswoman maintained.

But sources close to Wind River worry about layoffs and other ripple effects from this move. They tend to see it as a consolidation of efforts by Intel chief executive Brian Krzanich as he continues to push the company to be as big a force in the post-PC era as it has been in the past. That is a formidable task, and Intel’s success is not assured.

And, Intel’s track record of wringing the most out of past acquisitions has been spotty, something even the company’s top M&A executive, Wendell Brooks recently acknowledged to OregonLive. Brooks, who is corporate vice president of mergers and acquisitions, vowed that this will change with Intel’s latest (and biggest) purchase to date: Its just-completed $16.7 billion deal for Altera and its field programmable gate array expertise.

But meanwhile people will be watching what Intel does with Wind River as well.