Seven US high-tech companies reach 180 billion dollars in research and development expenses! Pay attention to “the power to generate profit”!

Seven US high-tech companies will do research and development by 23Q3Approximately 180 billion dollarsIt was spent and exceeded the research and development budget of the US Department of Defense.

Research and development expensestallestIt'sAmazonsSo, what about the 3rd quarter212.03 billionIt reached dollars, and this year's cumulative total is 63.5 billion dollars. Meta Platforms (formerly Facebook) and Apple, which has the highest market capitalization in the worldalmost 2 timesIt has become. The company continues to invest in every technology infrastructure, from software to autonomous vehicles. Meanwhile,Ratio of research and development expenses to salesWhat has the highest (ratio of sales research and development expenses)metaSo, it reached 27% in the third quarter. It mainly invests in the research division “Reality Labs,” which builds the metaverse. However, since the response was poor, they withdrew from metaverse development and switched to a policy of focusing on generative AI. What is the lowestTeslaSo, it was only 4.97%.

Looking at the breakdown from the chart, in the past 5 quarters,NVIDIAofResearch and development profitabilityIt rose rapidly and took the lead at $4.54 in the third quarter.Microsoftclimbed steadily and placed 2nd in the 3rd quarter with $4.04. It is said that this probably indicates that AI monetization is gradually appearing.

Meanwhile, Tesla'sResearch and development profitabilityhas declined, and looking at the breakdown, although Tesla's research and development expenses are relatively stable, the decline in operating profit is remarkable. This highlights that Tesla's “price competition” has had some negative effects.