ArInA-pAn Posted March 1, 2021 Posted March 1, 2021 Although Intel has always been characterized by the heavy investment it makes in research and development (R&D), in reality in recent years the technological advances that it has managed to carry out have come at a rather slow pace. The most recent data shows that Intel's total investment in R&D in 2020 reached $ 13,556 million, an increase of 1.45% over the previous year, but the reality is that in the last 17 years this increase has been of only 5%. Is Intel stuck when it comes to development? And how is AMD doing to build competition? Intel's total revenue for the past year reached $ 77.9 billion, with a net profit amount exceeding $ 20.9 billion. This means that Intel's investment in research and development during 2020 represented 17.4% of their total income, but more shocking is to see that they invested nothing more and nothing less than 64.9% of their profits. Is this not enough? Intel's investment in R&D, not paying off? Those familiar with the company's history will know that this was also the time when Intel Core was born, when processor performance soared and Intel managed to crush competition from AMD. In the years since then until now, Intel's annual growth in R&D investment has basically not exceeded 5%, and in fact if you look at it, it has been more or less in line with the performance improvements of the devices. signature processors. Actually, the amount of money that Intel invests in development and innovation is enormous, one of the highest in the industry if not the most, and even so in recent years we have only been able to see how AMD has been gaining ground little by little. but at a steady pace, with Ryzen processors as a clear turning point. This makes us think about the efficiency or rather the effectiveness of the money that Intel invests, because of course with such an injection of money, a much better result than they are presenting every year would be expected.
Recommended Posts