Report: AMD R&D spending falls to near-10-year low
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R&D investment is the growth engine of technology companies, and by that measure, AMD's quarterly spending might not paint a pretty picture. EXPreview has aggregated quarterly R&D investment data for AMD and Nvidia into a new report. According to the site's research, AMD's quarterly R&D spending has declined since 2012, and it's currently near 2004 levels.
The report shows how Nvidia and AMD have traded places in quarterly R&D spending over the past couple of years. Nvidia's spending trailed AMD's by over $100 million at the beginning of 2011, after which Nvidia opened its wallet wider. AMD's R&D spending remained flat through 2011 and began to decline in ...