IBM research has had multiple positive effects on its business (and industry). Just a few off the top of my head… * Giant Magnetoresistance (gigabyte hard driv

IBM research has had multiple positive effects on its business (and industry). Just a few off the top of my head… * Giant Magnetoresistance (gigabyte hard drives) * Financial Swaps * Silicon on Insulator Technology * DRAM * Fortran * Copper metallization on silicon dies