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US to take 15% of chip sales to China

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What happened: On August 11, US media reported that Nvidia and AMD have agreed to pay the US government 15% of their chip sales to China.

The deal applies to Nvidia's H20 chip and AMD's MI308 chip.
Bloomberg estimates the US government stands to rake about USD 1 billion per quarter.

The move has s...