彭博新闻社消息，高通公司已同意授权支持华为技术有限公司新型 LogicFolding 芯片制造技术的专利，这对这家中国公司及其拓展海外 AI 市场的努力而言是一个胜利。
Inc. has agreed to license patents underpinning Huawei Technologies Co.’s novel LogicFolding chipmaking technique, a win for the Chinese company and its push to advance in overseas AI markets.
华为发言人周一表示，这项多年期协议是两家芯片制造商之间交叉许可协议的一部分，涵盖与 5G 设备、AI 服务、近封装和共封装光学及网络相关的技术。
The multiyear deal is part of a cross-license agreement between the two chipmakers, spanning technologies related to 5G devices, AI services, near- and co-packaged optics and networks, a Huawei spokesperson said Monday.
与高通达成的协议有助于验证这家总部位于深圳的公司的芯片制造能力。华为视其新架构为一项突破，可提升半导体性能，并帮助其缩小与台积电等行业领导者的差距。该方法侧重于提高数据传输速度，以弥补中国无法获得阿斯麦极紫外光刻机（生产尖端芯片的金标准）的不足。
The agreement with Qualcomm helps validate the Shenzhen-based company’s chipmaking capabilities. Huawei sees its new architecture as a breakthrough that boosts semiconductor performance and helps it narrow the gap with industry leaders such as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. That approach focuses on improving data transmission speeds to make up for China’s lack of access to ASML Holding NV’s extreme ultraviolet lithography machines, the gold standard for production of cutting-edge chips.
华为在几个月前刚刚发布其 LogicFolding 方法，被视为中国实现 AI 领先地位并减少对英伟达加速器等外国技术依赖的关键少数公司之一。尽管受到美国对先进技术出口管制的制约，华为及其合作伙伴正在探索设计和生产对数据中心和 AI 发展至关重要的芯片的方法。
Huawei, which unveiled its LogicFolding approach just months ago, is one of a handful of companies seen as key to China’s ambitions to lead in AI and reduce reliance on foreign technology including Nvidia Corp. accelerators. While hamstrung by US export curbs on advanced technologies, Huawei and its partners are exploring ways to design and produce the chips vital to data centers and AI development.
在唐纳德·特朗普首个总统任期内美国收紧对华为的限制之前，这家中国公司曾从高通采购部分智能手机芯片。自华盛顿切断华为获取先进外国芯片制造技术的渠道以来，华为越来越多地转向国产设计和制造的半导体。
Before the US tightened restrictions on Huawei during President Donald Trump’s first term, the Chinese company sourced some smartphone chips from Qualcomm. Since Washington cut off Huawei’s access to advanced foreign chipmaking technology, Huawei has increasingly turned to domestically designed and manufactured semiconductors.
华为长期以来也是全球最多产的专利开发商之一，尤其是在无线网络领域。近年来，它加大了从知识产权库中获取收入的力度，包括向外国公司授权许可。
Huawei has also long been one of the world’s most prolific patent developers, particularly in wireless networking. In recent years, it’s stepped up efforts to earn revenue off its library of intellectual property, including licenses to foreign companies.
该公司未披露与高通达成的交叉许可协议的价值。根据《哈特-斯科特-罗迪诺反托拉斯改进法案》，该交易需接受美国联邦贸易委员会审查，该法案适用于价值超过1.339亿美元的交易。发言人表示，随着与高通达成的协议，华为预计其所有专利许可协议的总合同价值将超过69亿美元。
The company did not disclose the value of the cross-license agreement with Qualcomm. The deal is subject to US Federal Trade Commission review under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act, which applies to deals valued at more than $133.9 million. Huawei expects the overall contract value of all its patent licensing agreements to exceed $6.9 billion following the deal with Qualcomm, the spokesperson said.