Chart 28 · This quarter's big themes

Samsung spent the most on R&D: ≈$28.2B in FY2025

FY2025, FY2026

Calculated ≈US$: non-USD R&D at one approximate monthly rate per currency (Federal Reserve G.5, Oct 2026).

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FY2026 4th Quarter Earnings Release · Consolidated statements of operations; row 243; value column index 2; read 2026-11-05 · FY2026 · published 4 Nov 2026
Micron Form 10-K · XBRL us-gaap:ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense; consolidated statements · FY2026 · published 9 Oct 2026
TSMC Form 20-F · XBRL ifrs-full:ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense; consolidated statements · 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
ASML Form 20-F · XBRL us-gaap:ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense; consolidated statements · FY2025 · published 25 Feb 2026
NVIDIA Form 10-K · XBRL us-gaap:ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense; consolidated statements · FY2026 · published 25 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
AMD Form 10-K · XBRL us-gaap:ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense; consolidated statements · FY2025 · published 4 Feb 2026
Intel Form 10-K · XBRL us-gaap:ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense; consolidated statements · FY2025 · published 23 Jan 2026
Broadcom Form 10-K · XBRL us-gaap:ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense; consolidated statements · FY2025 · published 18 Dec 2025

Samsung reported ≈$28.2B of R&D expense in FY2025, followed by NVIDIA ($18.5B) and Intel ($13.8B).

Together the top ten spent ≈$113.2B on research and development in their latest fiscal years.

Not shown: Cadence (no stored R&D expense).

Fiscal years end on different dates, so the ranking compares each company’s latest full year.

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