US imposes 15% revenue levy on Nvidia/AMD AI chip sales to China. SMBs should budget for GPU cost hikes; consider mid-range GPUs or cloud AI. #AItariffs #SMBstrategy

https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/11/nvidia-amd-may-sell-high-end-ai-chips-to-china-if-they-pay-us-a-cut/

Nvidia, AMD may sell high-end AI chips to China if they pay US a cut | TechCrunch

The global AI chip race narrative used to be about U.S. national security, but apparently now it's about tariffs: Nvidia and AMD have agreed to pay the U.S. government 15% of the revenue they make from sales of high-end AI chips to China in exchange for licenses to sell to those chips in the country, the Financial Times reported, citing anonymous sources.

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