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Title: Intel Outspends Rivals In R&D: 28% More Than Nvidia, 156% More
Than AMD

Link: https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/25/09/04/...

Intel shelled out $16.5 billion on R&D in 2024, outspending Nvidia by 28%
and AMD by 156%, with much of the cash going into chip design, fabrication
tech, and the upcoming Nova Lake architecture. "When you compare the R&D
expenditures to the amount of revenue, though, the story takes on a very
different look," notes PC Gamer. "Intel spent 31% of its net revenue, and 26%
for AMD, but Nvidia and Samsung got by on just 10% and 4%, respectively."
From the report: An analysis of research and development expenditure by
TechInsights was reported by Korea JoongAng Daily, but you can get the
numbers yourself by pulling up each company's 2024 financial results. For
example, AMD declared that it spent $6.456 billion last year (pdf, page 1) on
R&D, whereas Nvidia forked out $12.914 billion. It's worth noting that
Nvidia's financial statements are numbered one year ahead of the actual
period (FY 2026 is 2025 and so on). Anyway, those figures pale in comparison
to how much cash Intel burned through in 2024 to research and develop chip,
fabrication technologies, software, and all kinds of tech stuff�"a staggering
$16.546 billion (pdf, page 25). That's 28% more than Nvidia and a frankly
unbelievable 156% more than AMD. The nearest non-US semiconductor firm is
Samsung Electronics, which spent a reported $9.5 billion on R&D. That
would place third, comfortably ahead of AMD, and it strongly suggests that if
you have your own foundries for making chips, you need to spend a lot of cash
on finding ways to make better processors.

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