Intel and AMD accused of allowing chips in Russian missiles

A woman and her relatives look at her home, which was damaged during a night of Russian missile and drone strikes, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Novi Petrivtsi, outside Kyiv, on Saturday. Microchip manufacturers Intel, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and Texas Instruments were accused in a series of lawsuits of failing to keep their technology out of Russian-made weapons used to kill and wound civilians in Ukraine. Those companies -- along with a company owned by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway -- demonstrated willful ignorance" as third parties resold restricted chips to Russia to power drones and missiles in violation of U.S. sanctions, according to one of the five suits, filed Wednesday in state court in Texas. The lawsuits, filed on behalf of dozens of Ukrainian civilians by Mikal Watts and prominent law firm Baker & Hostetler, cite five attacks between 2023 and 2025 that killed dozens of people. One attack allegedly involved Iranian-made drones with components associated with Intel and AMD, while the others involved Russian-made KH-101 cruise missiles and Iskander ballistic missiles.