台北讯 -- 华为周一宣布，竞争对手、移动芯片制造商高通将首次付费使用其专利，双方达成了一项涵盖5G和AI技术的交叉许可协议。这笔交易标志着这家中国公司知识产权组合取得突破，但将触发美国的监管审查。
TAIPEI -- Huawei announced Monday that rival mobile chipmaker Qualcomm would pay to use its patents for the first time, in a cross-licensing agreement covering 5G and AI technologies. The deal marks a breakthrough for the Chinese company's intellectual property portfolio but will trigger a regulatory review in the U.S.
华为表示，高通将付费使用其680多项专利，其中部分专利在美国注册。华为未披露交易金额，但《日经亚洲》获悉，交易金额将超过1.339亿美元门槛，根据涵盖反垄断问题的《哈特-斯科特-罗迪诺法案》（HSR法案），需接受美国联邦贸易委员会（FTC）审批。高通未披露向华为授权的专利类型或数量。
Huawei said Qualcomm will pay to use more than 680 patents, some of themed in the U.S. It did not disclose the value of the deal, but Nikkei Asia has learned it would cross the $133.9 million threshold that would make it subject to approval by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission under the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act covering antitrust issues. Qualcomm did not disclose what types of patents or how many it was licensing to Huawei.
高通获得使用权的华为专利，仅占这家中国科技公司296,248项有效或申请中专利的0.23%。然而，这些专利涵盖关键的5G、AI和网络技术，如华为的近封装光学（NPO）互联技术。还包括采用新型半导体和系统设计原则的专利，即今年5月发布的“Tau缩放定律”，该方法采用除传统晶体管尺寸缩小以外的技术来提升性能，被华为视为在美国实施严格出口管制、使其难以获得美国技术后的突破。
The Huawei patents to which Qualcomm has access amount to just 0.23% of the Chinese tech company's 296,248 active or applied for patents. However, they cover key 5G, AI and networking technologies, such as Huawei's near-packaged optics (NPO) interconnectivity tech. They also include patents that use new semiconductor and system design principles, dubbed the Tau Scaling Law Unveiled in May, this approach uses techniques other than the traditional shrinking of transistor sizes to improve performance and is viewed by the Chinese company as a breakthrough after the U.S. imposed strict export controls, making it difficult for it to obtain American technology.
华为表示，随着高通交易达成，其知识产权专利许可累计收入将超过69亿美元。
Huawei said its accumulated revenue from intellectual property patent licensing would exceed $6.9 billion following the Qualcomm deal.
华为首席知识产权官樊志远表示，华为数十年来在基础研发上的持续投入确立了其在移动行业的领导地位，而与高通达成的协议彰显了其对创新的承诺。
Alan Fan, Huawei's chief intellectual property officer, said Huawei's decadeslong investment in fundamental research and development had established its leadership in the mobile industry, and that the agreement with Qualcomm demonstrated its commitment to innovation.
高通技术授权执行副总裁兼总经理John Han表示：“该协议同样反映了高通对华为在5G及其他技术领域持续创新和知识产权的认可。”他补充道：“高通在基础无线技术上进行了投资，这些技术推动了移动创新的代际更迭，并赢得了全球无线行业的广泛认可。该协议重申了行业对高通5G技术领导地位的认可。”25年前，华为向高通支付了首笔知识产权许可费，而这项新的多年协议标志着在双方的交叉许可协议中，高通首次成为净付款方。
John Han, executive vice president and general manager of Qualcomm technology licensing, said: "This agreement likewise reflects Qualcomm's recognition of Huawei's continued innovation and intellectual property in 5G and other technology fields." He added that "Qualcomm has invested in foundational wireless technologies that have enabled successive generations of mobile innovation and earned broad recognition across the global wireless industry. This agreement reaffirms industry recognition of Qualcomm's 5G technology leadership." Huawei made its first IP license payment to Qualcomm 25 years ago, and the new multiyear agreement marks the first time Qualcomm is the net payer in their cross-licensing agreements.
此前不久，美国总统特朗普与中国领导人习近平结束了今年的第二次正式会晤，当时正值关税、人工智能和稀土等问题上的紧张局势。
It comes shortly after U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping concluded their second formal summit of the year amid tensions over issues such as tariffs, AI and rare earths.
作为中国科技进步的“国家队”代表，华为一直在努力应对切断其关键外部技术获取渠道的美国限制。9月，华为推出了搭载新款处理器麒麟9050 Pro的自研智能手机芯片，用于其三折叠手机Mate XT2，该手机首次应用了Tau缩放定律。
Huawei, a national champion in China's tech advancement, has been working to counter U.S. restrictions that cut off its access to critical foreign technologies. In September, it rolled out its own smartphone chips with a new processor, the Kirin 9050 Pro, for its triple-fold Mate XT2 handset which applied the Tau Scaling Law for the first time.
该公司近期还发布了11款新芯片，包括AI加速器、中央处理器和网络处理器，旨在巩固其作为中国领先的自主AI芯片和服务器制造商的地位，并向英伟达、博通、英特尔和AMD等全球竞争对手发起挑战。
The company also recently unveiled 11 new chips including AI accelerators, central processing units, and networking processors, as it sought to cement its position as China's leading homegrown AI chip and server maker, and to challenge global competitors such as Nvidia, Broadcom, Intel, and AMD.
8月，华为与美国个人电脑制造商达成了一项多年期交叉许可协议，涉及Wi-Fi连接技术。
In August, Huawei secured a multiyear cross-licensing deal with U.S. personal computer maker for Wi-Fi connectivity technologies.