Intel, AMD, and Texas Instruments are accused of ignoring the flow of their chips into Russia for weapon manufacturing

Dozens of lawyers representing Ukrainian civilians recently filed a lawsuit in a Texas court, accusing chip companies such as Intel (INTC.US), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD.US), and Texas Instruments (TXN.US) of showing a "deliberate disregard" when third parties violated U.S. sanctions by reselling export-restricted chips to Russia for use in drones and missiles. One of the representative lawyers stated that these companies knew their chip technology was flowing into Russia.

Intel issued a statement saying that the company "does not conduct business in Russia and immediately ceased shipments to customers in Russia and Belarus after the outbreak of the war." The statement emphasized that the company "strictly complies with U.S. export laws, sanctions, and regulations in all operating markets and requires suppliers, customers, and distributors to adhere to the same standards."

Texas Instruments and Advanced Micro Devices did not respond, but both companies have previously stated that they fully comply with sanction requirements, ceased operations in Russia when the war broke out, and have strict policies to oversee compliance.

A Bloomberg investigation last year revealed that sanctions and export controls have not successfully prevented chips from companies like Advanced Micro Devices, Intel, and Texas Instruments from flowing into the hands of Russian military enterprises. Chips resold to Russia by third parties have become core components for drones, glide bombs, precision communication systems, and the Iskander missiles used by Moscow to strike Ukrainian cities