

Is It Legal for the US to Require 15% of Nvidia’s China Sales? - DTNSB 5079
34 snips Aug 11, 2025
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US Secures 15% Cut From China Chip Sales
- The administration struck deals for NVIDIA and AMD to give 15% of revenue from sales to China.
- That arrangement raises constitutional questions under the export-clause about taxing exports.
China Chips Must Limit Training Capability
- US rules forced NVIDIA and AMD to make H20 and MI308 optimized for inference, not training.
- That limits China's ability to train large models while letting inference-capable chips be exported.
OpenAI Restores GPT‑4 As Legacy Option
- After complaints about GPT‑5 removing older models, OpenAI restored access to GPT‑4 for users.
- GPT‑5 still picks models automatically, but choice returned for those who prefer GPT‑4.