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The Wall Street Journal first reported today that the Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating the possibility that Advanced Micro Devices Inc. is making computer chips for Iran and other Middle East companies that have ties to terrorism.
The story is based on a May 8 letter that the SEC sent to AMD, asking the company to clarify its business relationships with Iran, Syria and Sudan, all of which are identified as state sponsors of terrorism by the U.S. State Department.
That letter also mentions a December 2007 news report that talks about Iran using AMD chips to build a modest supercomputer.
An AMD spokesperson has not yet responded this morning to a Times Union inquiry into the letter.
AMD, of course, is one of the owners of GlobalFoundries Inc., the Sunnyvale, Calif., company building a $4.2 billion computer chip fab in Malta.
AMD is GlobalFoundries' largest customer, and it is possible that AMD chips would be made in Malta, although GlobalFoundries has been adding new customers.
The largest shareholder of GlobalFoundries is the Advanced Technology Investment Co., a government-run fund in Abu Dhabi.
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