U.S. President Donald Trump on Aug. 11 approved an arrangement that lets Nvidia resume selling certain AI chips in China in exchange for the U.S. government taking 15% of revenue from those sales. The decision drew swift bipartisan criticism and questions about national security.

Trump said Monday that he has cut a deal with chipmaker Nvidia, allowing it to sell certain artificial intelligence chips to China in exchange for a cut of the revenue, which would go to the U.S. government. Trump said he also negotiated a similar deal with chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices (AMD).

Cambricon’s prospects have been boosted by the Chinese government’s determination to use local AI chips in data centres.