US EditionIntel, AMD Accused of Allowing Chips in Russian Missiles
About 20 Ukrainians, including 14 killed and 6 injured, sue Texas chipmakers for negligence over semiconductor components fueling Russian and Iranian missile attacks.
- Mikal C. Watts, Austin lawyer, filed five lawsuits in Dallas on December 10, 2025, naming Intel Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices among defendants, Baker & Hostetler representing plaintiffs.
- Plaintiffs say U.S.-made chips were illegally diverted to Russia and Iran and used in missiles despite repeated U.S. government warnings and export controls, the suits claim.
- Forensic inspections of debris repeatedly found microchips from Texas Instruments, AMD and Intel in missiles used in attacks spanning 2023–2025, including the July 8, 2024 attack on Okhmatdyt Children's Hospital, Kyiv, injuring Dr. Olha Babicheva and nurse Viktoriia Didovets.
- Seeking compensation and supply-chain changes, about 20 plaintiffs, including 14 killed and six injured, with Watts saying, `We want to make this process so expensive and painful that companies are forced to act.`
- Filed in Texas courts because defendants have substantial state ties, the cases argue U.S. companies owed a Texas law common-law duty of care, aiming to disrupt supply chains bypassing U.S. sanctions and export-control regime.
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