Nvidia and AMD agree to share China chip sale revenues with US government
President Donald Trump's administration halted the sale of advanced computer chips to China back in April over national security concerns, but Nvidia and AMD revealed in July that Washington would allow them to resume sales of the H20 and MI308 chips, which are used in artificial intelligence development.
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The official, who insisted on anonymity to discuss a policy not yet formally announced, confirmed to the Associated Press the revenue sharing terms of the deal, and said the broad strokes of the initial report by The Financial Times were accurate.
The FT reported that Nvidia and AMD agreed to the financial arrangement as a condition for obtaining export licence to resume sales to China.
Nvidia did not comment about the specific details of the agreement or its quid pro quo nature, but said they would adhere to the export rules laid out by the administration.
'We follow rules the US government sets for our participation in worldwide markets. While we haven't shipped H20 to China for months, we hope export control rules will let America compete in China and worldwide,' Nvidia wrote in a statement to the AP.
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'America cannot repeat 5G and lose telecommunication leadership. America's AI tech stack can be the world's standard if we race.'
AMD did not immediately reply to a request for comment.
Visitors give commands to a robot at Nvidia's booth during the China international supply chain expo in Beijing (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
The top Democrat on a House panel focusing on competition with China raised concerns over the reported agreement, calling it 'a dangerous misuse of export controls that undermines our national security'.
Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi, the ranking member of the House Select Committee on China, said he would seek answers about the legal basis for this arrangement and demand full transparency from the administration.
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'Our export control regime must be based on genuine security considerations, not creative taxation schemes disguised as national security policy,' he said.
'Chip export controls aren't bargaining chips, and they're not casino chips either. We shouldn't be gambling with our national security to raise revenue.'
Back in July, Nvidia argued that tight export controls around their chip sales would cost the company an extra 5.5 billion US dollars (£4 billion).
They have argued that such limits hinder US competition in a sector in one of the world's largest markets for technology, and have also warned that US export controls could end up pushing other countries toward China's AI technology.
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Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told CNBC in July that the renewed sale of Nvidia's chips in China was linked to a trade agreement made between the two countries on rare earth magnets.
Restrictions on sales of advanced chips to China have been central to the AI race between the world's two largest economic powers, but such controls are also controversial.
Proponents argue that these restrictions are necessary to slow China down enough to allow US companies to keep their lead.
Meanwhile, opponents say the export controls have loopholes – and could still spur innovation.
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The emergence of China's DeepSeek AI chatbot in January particularly renewed concerns over how China might use advanced chips to help develop its own AI capabilities.
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