TechInsights expects Nvidia’s R&D spending to top Intel’s in 2026, as the loss-making chipmaker trims outlay while the AI leader continues to boost investment.

Last year, Intel spent $16.6 billion on R&D, a staggering 33.6 per cent of total revenue, ranking it first in spending in the chip industry, Korea JoongAng Daily reported, citing data from TechInsights. The figure, however, was up only 3.1 per cent year-on-year, while the company registered an $18.8 billion loss.

Nvidia was second, earmarking 10.8 per cent of sales, or $12.5 billion, on R&D in 2024, but the outlay grew 47 per cent year-on-year. The company sharply increased the investment for four consecutive years, the newspaper stated.

Third-ranked Samsung boosted its R&D investment by 71.3 per cent to $9.5 billion, as it moved to catch up with rivals in high bandwidth memory (HBM).

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company increased spending 8.8 per cent to $7.4 billion, putting it in seventh position, while SK Hynix ranked tenth, boosting R&D spending 32.7 per cent to $3.3 billion.

The newspaper noted by R&D-to-revenue ratio, US firms dominated the rankings, with Intel, Broadcom, Qualcomm and AMD the leaders. The average ratio for the top 20 was 15.8 per cent.

Samsung allocated 11.7 per cent of revenue to R&D; SK Hynix just 7 per cent.

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