- Ukrainian citizens are suing Intel, AMD and TI, claiming their chips ended up in Russian weapons
- The lawsuit alleges “willful ignorance,” citing third-party traders and attacks that have killed civilians.
- The companies deny wrongdoing and say they have stopped sales to Russia and complied with all export sanctions.
Three giants of the US computer industry – Intel, AMD and Texas Instruments – were sued by “dozens” of Ukrainian citizens. Prosecutors allege that these companies chose to turn a blind eye when Russia used their materials to make bombs that later killed Ukrainian citizens.
According to Bloomberg, the plaintiffs are represented by the US law firm Baker Hostetler and claim that the three companies showed “willful ignorance” because Russia was able to buy the hardware from third parties to which the three companies sold their products.
The third parties include Mouser Electronics, which reportedly helped the Russian representatives acquire the hardware. Vice President of Marketing Kevin Hess told Bloomberg that the company wanted to discuss the issue in the classroom and not in the media.
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Bloomberg, citing yet-to-be-public documents, says prosecutors have detailed five attacks between 2023 and 2025 that killed “dozens” of people and that at least one of those incidents used Iranian-made drones that also contained Intel and AMD parts.
“These companies know their chip technology is coming to Russia,” Watts, a veteran U.S. mass tort lawyer, said at a news conference in Washington on Wednesday morning.
However, Intel has announced this TechRadar Pro which does not do business in Russia, suspended all shipments to the country (and Belarus) at the start of the war and “operates in strict compliance with the export laws, sanctions and regulations of the United States and in all markets in which we operate, and we require our suppliers, customers and resellers to adhere to the same standards.”
Texas Instruments and AMD have yet to officially comment on the news, but both have previously said they were in full compliance with sanctions requirements and had ceased operations in Russia after the outbreak of war.
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