Here is a (partial) list of the biggest spenders of R & D according to Baseline Magazine.

Techonology’s Top R&D SPENDING IN 2006 (millions)

#1. MICROSOFT -  $6,584

2 IBM - $6,1073 INTEL CORP - $5,873

4 HEWLETT PACKARD - $3,591

5 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC – $2,195

6 SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC - $2,046

7 ORACLE CORP - $1,872

8 SAP - $1,781

9 GOOGLE INC - $1,228

10 ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES - $1,205

11 BROADCOM CORP - $1,117

12 SYMANTEC CORP – $950

13 YAHOO INC – $833

14 CA INC - $715

15 APPLE INC - $715

16 MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC - $656

17 NVIDIA CORP* - $554

18 CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS - $549

19 ADOBE SYSTEMS INC - $540

20 ANALOG DEVICES - $537

21 EBAY INC – $495

And just in case you are keeping score, Microsoft is spending more than Google in R & D.

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