“Decadal Plan calls for $3.4 billion annually in [US] federal R&D funding to address seismic shifts in chip technology and pave way for emerging technologies li

“Decadal Plan calls for $3.4 billion annually in [US] federal R&D funding to address seismic shifts in chip technology and pave way for emerging technologies like artificial intelligence, quantum computing, advanced wireless communications”† So that would make proposed annual US federal funding in semiconductor R&D like .0016 Apples You're right – when you put it like that it does appear very small. † (Oct 15, 2020) https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/semiconductor-industry-announces-research-and-funding-priorities-to-sustain-us-leadership-in-chip-technology-301152899.html https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/semiconductor-indus...