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the $80B a year in R&D is off by an order of magnitude. https://www.fool.com/investing/2017/02/05/intel-corporation-struggles-to-rein-in-spending-as.aspx https
by kashkhan 10y ago
the $80B a year in R&D is off by an order of magnitude.
https://www.fool.com/investing/2017/02/05/intel-corporation-struggles-to-rein-in-spending-as.aspx https://www.fool.com/investing/2017/02/05/intel-corporation-...
- knowaveragejoe 10y agoIndeed, that's more than Intel earned in total revenues in 2016...
- ma2rten 10y agoIsn't an order of magnitude 10x? According to your link they spent $12.74 billion in 2016.
- slededit 10y agoAlthough not normally used for smaller amounts it can go in both directions. ~1/10th is still an accurate if archaic use of the term.
- carlob 10y agoNot necessarily, it could be e if you're using natural logarithms. Anyway: log10(12.74) = 1.10, log10(80) = 1.90. So, it's a little less than a full order of magnitude, but pretty close.