Silicon AnalyticaChart 13 · Industry comparison
Arm spent the largest share of revenue on R&D: 56.4% in FY2026
Latest fiscal year of each company
- Calculated R&D intensity = research and development expense ÷ revenue, same fiscal year and currency.
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- FY2026 4th Quarter Earnings Release · Consolidated statements of operations; row 243; value column index 2; read 2026-11-05 (+1 more) · FY2026 · published 4 Nov 2026
- Micron Form 10-K · XBRL us-gaap:ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense; consolidated statements (+1 more) · FY2026 · published 9 Oct 2026
- Lam Research Form 10-K · XBRL us-gaap:ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense; consolidated statements (+1 more) · FY2026 · published 7 Aug 2026
- KLA Form 10-K · XBRL us-gaap:ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense; consolidated statements (+1 more) · FY2026 · published 6 Aug 2026
- Arm Holdings Form 20-F · XBRL us-gaap:ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense; consolidated statements (+1 more) · FY2026 · published 26 May 2026
- TSMC Form 20-F · XBRL ifrs-full:ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense; consolidated statements (+1 more) · FY2025 · published 16 Apr 2026
- SK hynix audited consolidated financial statements, 31 Dec 2025 and 2024 (report dated 4 Mar 2026) · Note 25 selling and administrative expenses: research and development expensed (expenditure 6,732,527 less 26… · FY2025 · published 4 Mar 2026
- GlobalFoundries Form 20-F for FY2025, · XBRL ifrs-full:ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense; consolidated financial statements (+1 more) · FY2025 · published 27 Feb 2026
- ASML Form 20-F · XBRL us-gaap:ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense; consolidated statements (+1 more) · FY2025 · published 25 Feb 2026
- NVIDIA Form 10-K · XBRL us-gaap:ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense; consolidated statements (+1 more) · FY2026 · published 25 Feb 2026
- NXP Semiconductors Form 10-K for FY2025, · XBRL us-gaap:ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense; consolidated statements of operations / cash flows (+1 more) · FY2025 · published 19 Feb 2026
- Samsung Electronics Consolidated Financial Statements December 31, 2025 and 2024 (audited) · Note 22 Selling and Administrative Expenses, Research and development (current-year column) · FY2025 · published 12 Feb 2026
- Texas Instruments Form 10-K · XBRL us-gaap:ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense; consolidated statements (+1 more) · FY2025 · published 6 Feb 2026
- AMD Form 10-K · XBRL us-gaap:ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense; consolidated statements (+1 more) · FY2025 · published 4 Feb 2026
- Intel Form 10-K · XBRL us-gaap:ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense; consolidated statements (+1 more) · FY2025 · published 23 Jan 2026
- Synopsys Form 10-K · XBRL us-gaap:ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense; consolidated statements (+1 more) · FY2025 · published 22 Dec 2025
- Broadcom Form 10-K · XBRL us-gaap:ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense; consolidated statements (+1 more) · FY2025 · published 18 Dec 2025
- Applied Materials Form 10-K · XBRL us-gaap:ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense; consolidated statements (+1 more) · FY2025 · published 12 Dec 2025
- Company earnings press release (K-IFRS consolidated, preliminary, unaudited), distributed via PR Newswire/PRNasia · Table: Consolidated income statement summary (KRW billion) · FY2025
- Consolidated financial statements (audited) · Consolidated statements of profit or loss, p · FY2025
- Consolidated Financial Statements (audited), Japanese GAAP · Consolidated statements of income / cash flows / notes · FY2026
Arm spent 56.4% of revenue on R&D in FY2026; the median of the 19 companies was 11.8%.
The lowest ratio was Micron at 4.2%.
Companies define R&D slightly differently (for example capitalised development costs under IFRS), so small gaps are not meaningful.
Not shown: Cadence (R&D expense not stored).