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Graphic Truth: US government to get 15% of chip sales to China
In a first-of-its-kind deal, Nvidia and AMD will hand 15% of revenues from AI chip sales to China over to the US government in exchange for export licenses.
Riley Callanan
August 11, 2025
In a first-of-its-kind deal, Nvidia and AMD will hand 15% of revenues from AI chip sales to China over to the US government in exchange for export licenses. The arrangement, greenlit after Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang met with Donald Trump, reverses an earlier ban and has national security hawks on edge, warning the chips could boost China’s military AI capabilities. The move comes amid ongoing US-China trade talks and pressure from Beijing to relax tech controls. Here’s a look at what the US’s coffers stand to gain through the deal, based on Nvidia’s estimated sales in China this year if export controls had been lifted.
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