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I was really surprised with the R&D number and thought it was incorrect since I knew the spending to be small. Just checked that in the last 2/3 years there has
by tmd83 10y ago
I was really surprised with the R&D number and thought it was incorrect since I knew the spending to be small. Just checked that in the last 2/3 years there has been a major upgrade in R&D spending.
Not sure where all the money is going though. There hasn't been any major breakthrough improvement in Apple tech to match the spending. Any big stealth project? What does everyone thinks?
Nice UI btw.
- manmal 10y agoThe big jump in R&D will most likely go into project Titan, their stealth car project.
- tmd83 10y agoThe car is the one that I was thinking. But can that single project use up that much R&D budget? You need time to scale any project even R&D. A quick check suggest Tesla's 2010-15 R&D budget is less than 3B. I guess Apple has the money to spend but still its a surprisingly big amount for a single project specially since in the other department the lack of innovation would suggest lessening of R&D. Could it be that they are also not as efficient with their R&D spending since they have money to burn? Despite my misgivings about a lot of thing Apple, one thing I would like to see happen is actually to use the money they have and do R&D that can improve the state of the art. There is really few companies that have the budget to truly go after some lofty goals.
- csydas 10y agoApple has a lot of side projects, including alleged driverless-car software. They're looking to branch out again from their traditional field.