The agreement between the chipmakers and the U.S. government will allow Nvidia and AMD to obtain export licenses to resume sales to China.

Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices have agreed to give the U.S. government 15% of revenue from sales to China of certain advanced computer chips, a U.S. official said on Sunday, in an unusual move likely to faze American companies.

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.