AMD, maker of Radeon GPUs and Ryzen CPUs, is the latest global company to severe ties with Russia.
Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, chip-maker AMD is now the latest global company to severe ties with Russia. The maker of Radeon GPUs and Ryzen CPUs announced that it is halting semiconductor sales to Russia and neighboring Belarus in a move that signals that companies around the world are starting to comply with U.S. and Western sanctions against Russia. “Based on sanctions placed on Russia by the United States and other nations, at this time AMD is suspending its sales and distribution of our products into Russia and Belarus,” an AMD representative told PC World in an email, according to the publication. “It is all AMD products and products we power (PCs, etc.) in Russia and Belarus.” Belarus is viewed by the West as an ally of Russia in its invasion of neighboring Ukraine. The country has allowed Russian President Putin to use its land as a staging ground for the Russian army. AMD is complying with a U.S. Department of Commerce requirement issued on February 24 that limits the export of microelectronics and other components. AMD’s actions follows earlier U.S. sanctions issued by the White House that aredesigned to punish Russia for its invasion of Ukraine. To comply with the new export requirements of the Biden administration, various semiconductor companies had ceased sales and shipments of chips to Ukraine, including TSMC, which announced it had suspended all sales to Russia, according to a report from the Washington Post published on February 25.
