Intel, AMD accused of 'willful ignorance' in allowing chips to get to Russia

• Ukrainian civilians are suing Intel, AMD, and TI, alleging their chips ended up in Russian weapons
• Lawsuit claims “willful ignorance,” citing third‑party resellers and attacks that killed civilians
• Firms deny wrongdoing, saying they halted Russia sales and comply with all export sanctions

Three giants of the US computer hardware industry - Intel, AMD, and Texas Instruments - are being sued by “dozens” of Ukrainian civilians. The plaintiffs are arguing that these companies decided to look the other way whilst Russia used their hardware to build bombs which later killed Ukrainian citizens.

According to Bloomberg, the plaintiffs are being represented by an American law firm, Baker Hostetler, and are saying the three firms demonstrated “willful ignorance” since Russia was able to buy the hardware from third parties to whom the three firms sold their products.

Among the third parties is Mouser Electronics which allegedly helped Russian proxies obtain ...