- Ukrainian civilians sue Intel, AMD and TI, alleging their chips ended up in Russian weapons
- Lawsuit Alleges “Willful Ignorance,” Citing Third-Party Dealers, Attacks That Killed Civilians
- Companies deny wrongdoing, saying they have halted sales to Russia and are complying with all export sanctions
Three giants of the American computer industry – Intel, AMD and Texas Instruments – are being sued by “dozens” of Ukrainian civilians. The plaintiffs say these companies decided to look the other way while Russia used their materials to make bombs that then killed Ukrainian citizens.
According to Bloomberg, the plaintiffs are represented by a US law firm, Baker Hostetler, and claim that the three companies demonstrated “willful ignorance” since Russia was able to purchase the hardware from third parties to whom the three companies sold their products.
Among the third parties is Mouser Electronics, which allegedly helped Russian proxies obtain the hardware. Its vice president of marketing, Kevin Hess, told Bloomberg that the company did not want to discuss the matter in the media, but rather in the courtroom.
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Bloomberg claims, citing documents that are not yet public, that the plaintiffs detailed five attacks between 2023 and 2025 that killed “dozens” of people and that in at least one of those incidents Iranian-made drones were used, which also contained Intel and AMD parts.
“These companies know that their chip technology is making its way into Russia,” Watts, a veteran US lawyer specializing in mass torts, said at a news conference in Washington on Wednesday morning.
Intel, for its part, told the publication that it does not do business in Russia, that it suspended all shipments to the country (and to Belarus) when the war began, and that it operates “in strict compliance with export laws, sanctions and regulations in the United States and all markets in which we operate, and we hold our suppliers, customers and distributors accountable to these same standards.”
Texas Instruments and AMD have yet to officially comment on the news, but both have said in the past that they are in full compliance with sanctions requirements and stopped doing business in Russia with the start of the war.
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