> None of those things were “invented” or truly brought to the edge of technological abilities by the companies you described. Actually, the large conglomerate

> None of those things were “invented” or truly brought to the edge of technological abilities by the companies you described. Actually, the large conglomerates do have R&D labs working on semiconductors, chemistry, manufacturing, and so on, so that they can come up with improvements to sell. The reason why semiconductors get smaller, TVs get brighter colors, larger panels have acceptable manufacturing yields, is exactly because of this R&D.