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 may unnerve both US companies and Beijing.

Nvidia (NVDA.US) and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD.US) agreed to pay 15% of their China chip sales revenue to the US government as a condition for obtaining export licenses to China, Financial Times quoted US officials as saying.

Nvidia Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. will give 15% of their chip revenue from sales in China to the U.S. government as a condition of receiving new export licenses, according to a report Sunday.