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  • How the turntables etc.

    Pre sanctions, HW fine buying QC for mobile chipset StandardEssentialPatentswhile QC pay HW for 5g SEPs, with net balance favoring QC. Huawei indigenized mobile SoC + 5g hardware with Kirin 9000 in 2023. Hilariously, now that Huawei weaned off QC SoC... QC simply stuck net paying Huawei.

    by maxglute
  • Will be interesting to see how Ericsson - if at all - responds to this
    by yearesadpeople
  • It's not mentioned on Huawei page, but this bloomberg article claims that the focus in on LogicFolding architecture https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-10-05/qualcomm-...
    by eunos
  • Remember when they were telling us how important the 5G race was and how critical was for the US to lead it?

    And now they are just giving it away ?

    by whatever1
  • Aren't Huawei on the Entity List? How can Qualcomm enter into agreements like this without getting into massive hot water?
    by rwmj
  • A Chinese technology/military propagandist I follow asserted today that Huawei is getting net revenue from Qualcomm on this deal, marking a change from being a buyer/licensor of western technology to a provider. I don't know if it's true but this individual historically promotes the Chinese state view via selective presentation of facts rather than made-up claims.
    by anigbrowl
  • Interesting. LogicFolding is something that seems so obvious in retrospect and yet somebody has to be the first to do it.

    I did find it neat that it ends up actually reducing overall heat despite the multiple layer wafers as signals have less overall distance to travel as they move in layer space rather than across the chip.

    by FlowingRiver
  • There is contrary reporting too on whether "Logicfolding" tech is part of the deal --

    https://www.huaweicentral.com/qualcomm-refutes-huawei-logicf...

    > Qualcomm and Huawei have inked a new broad patent licensing agreement on AI, 5G, and networking, though the LogicFolding chip tech is not part of this deal. The US chipmaker has clarified the assertions made regarding the new chipset technology.

    by albert_e

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