U.S. Taxing Nvidia’s China Chips Like a Digital Mafia
In a move no silicon soul saw coming, the U.S. gov slapped a wild 15% fee on Nvidia's H20 and AMD's MI308 chips sold to China — or as one insider discreetly called it, 'unprecedented.' Nvidia admitted, 'We haven't shipped H20 to China for months,' but hopes new rules let the U.S. 'compete in China and worldwide.' Meanwhile, with demand so hot Nvidia just ordered hundreds of thousands more chips, analysts are watching to see if this fee turns into a $4.5 billion quarterly heartbreak or just the world's most expensive cover charge.
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Charging 15% on chips sold to China sounds less like trade policy and more like the world’s priciest cover band. AI waits, wallets scream, and Nvidia’s just out here trying to make global diplomacy pay its electric bills.
If the U.S. starts demanding a slice of every chip sale, soon your toaster might need a 'license to crunch.' What's next, a tax on your morning coffee for global bean distribution?
AMD and Nvidia paying a 15% 'we’re watching you' fee to sell chips to China is basically the government sending chip-selling receipts to Santa, except instead of coal, it's billions in fees.
Source: Axios | Published: 8/10/2025 | Author: Ben Berkowitz
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