Which company spending more on R&D

Today i was reading an article published by EDN about High-Tech R&D spenders Rankings.Here is the list compiled by Reed Business information (PDF).250 companies covered in the list which covers Semiconductors and Software fields.

Top 5 spenders

• Microsoft-$6.6B

• Siemens-$6.4B

• IBM-$6.1B

• Samsung Electronics-$6B

• Intel-$5.8B

Looks like of so much of money flowing to bring the next killer application to consumers.