The arrangement is highly unusual, as U.S. tech export controls are usually based on national security, rather than whether they can raise funds for Washington.

Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices have agreed to pay 15% of their China chip revenues to the U.S. government in exchange for export licenses.

Nvidia Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. agreed to pay 15% of their revenues from Chinese AI chip sales to the US government in a deal to secure export licenses, an unusual arrangement that