On Oct. 5 Huawei said it had reached a multi-year, wide-ranging patent licence
agreement with Qualcomm covering cross-licences in 5G, computing, AI and
networking, and that Qualcomm would acquire certain U.S. patents from Huawei in
computing, AI and networking. The parties did not disclose deal value, patent
counts or commercial terms. Market reports suggested Qualcomm would be the net
payer and that the transaction involved so-called logic-folding chip technology.
Qualcomm on Oct. 6 said those reports were inaccurate, confirmed the agreement
is long-term and broad but confidential on specifics, denied any link to
logic-folding chip technology, and confirmed it has agreed to acquire some of
Huawei’s U.S. non‑cellular patents in the stated technology areas.
