2006 The top 800 UK & 1250 Global companies by R&D investment

Ranking of the top 1250 global companies by R&D investment within industry sectors–––––––––––––––––– 2005/06 R&D investment –––––––––––––––––– ——–—–– Operating profit ——–—–– ––––––––––––––––– Sales and employees ––––––––––––––––– ————––—–––—— R&D and employees ——–—––——––––—–––––––––– Sales –––––––––– ––––– Sales / employee ––––– ––––––––– Employees ––––––––– ––––– R&D / employee ––––– Sales––––– Growth ––––– operating R&D + ––––– Growth ––––– ––––– Growth ––––– –––––– Growth ––––– ––––– Growth ––––– –––––– Growth ––––– outside –––Market cap –––change change profit sales capex as change change sales change change change change change change change change region changeCompany £m 1 yr % 4 yr % % % % sales £m 1 yr % 4 yr % % £m 1 yr % 4 yr % £000 1 yr % 4 yr % number 1 yr % 4 yr % £000 1 yr % 4 yr % % £m %37 Technology hardware & equipment continuedSkyworks Solutions, USA 88.66 0 11 273.8 19.2 24.0 32 25 n/a 7.0 462 1 50 115.4 6 28 4000 -5 0 22.2 5 4 92 415 -33ARM, UK 80.27 47 67 228.2 34.5 36.9 35 23 5 15.1 232 52 61 188.4 -5 -5 1234 59 68 65.1 -8 0 86 1586 -5Harris, USA 79.97 23 28 43.1 4.6 7.1 186 66 209 10.6 1748 19 42 138.7 3 16 12600 16 23 6.3 7 4 n/a 3474 22Ciena, USA 79.94 -33 -40 n/m 32.1 34.8 -257 n/m n/m -103.3 249 43 -33 166.2 58 23 1497 -9 -36 53.4 -26 -14 n/a 1246 77Palm, USA 79.19 51 32 129.1 8.6 9.8 61 36 n/a 6.7 919 24 53 833.6 2 26 1103 22 17 71.8 24 14 24 865 -3Linear Technology, USA 76.56 26 39 22.3 12.5 18.4 343 35 57 56.2 611 30 45 190.1 23 32 3217 5 11 23.8 19 25 n/a 5644 -16Nanya Technology, Taiwan 76.43 0 60 693.2 8.6 13.9 11 -93 26 1.2 889 24 80 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 1499 -10Brocade Communications, USA 76.27 -12 -3 325.4 22.8 27.6 23 n/a n/a 7.0 334 -4 5 288.3 -14 4 1160 12 -1 65.7 -22 -3 35 992 54Integrated Device Technology, USA 74.32 23 11 n/m 24.2 28.9 -56 >-999 n/m -18.3 307 35 45 113.9 48 72 2700 -9 -16 27.5 35 32 74 1807 166Pou Chen, Taiwan 73.36 250 510 40.2 2.7 10.2 183 >999 193 6.8 2675 395 639 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 1120 n/aTekelec, USA 73.20 28 66 n/m 23.4 29.0 -26 -338 -317 -8.2 313 35 74 177.8 15 10 1759 17 56 41.6 9 6 24 401 -45Applied Micro Circuits, USA 71.10 -5 -17 n/m 48.1 58.9 -83 n/m n/m -56.4 148 93 24 195.8 85 66 755 4 -22 94.2 -9 1 44 432 -10ASM International, The Netherlands 69.17 19 21 346.9 13.9 20.2 20 -67 -4 4.0 499 -4 20 56.1 -12 -5 8896 9 28 7.8 9 -6 85 456 -4PMC-Sierra, USA 69.15 -1 -18 549.2 40.7 42.5 13 -43 n/a 7.4 170 -2 7 194.0 7 25 875 -8 -15 79.0 7 -3 60 593 -35Intersil, USA 68.88 5 7 119.4 19.7 23.7 58 505 117 16.5 350 12 10 261.7 24 46 1336 -10 -26 51.6 17 42 n/a 1885 11Micronas Semiconductor, Switzerland 67.49 19 55 203.7 18.1 26.1 33 -57 -33 8.9 373 -12 13 168.7 -24 -13 2214 15 31 30.5 3 19 54 428 -46McData, USA 65.84 24 57 n/m 18.4 20.5 -18 n/m n/m -5.0 358 54 65 247.3 7 9 1447 44 52 45.5 -14 4 42 281 -35Lite-On Technology, Taiwan 65.33 27 112 35.6 1.6 2.6 184 -3 32 4.6 4032 4 72 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 2141 n/aAvid Technology, USA 64.85 17 28 297.2 14.4 16.6 22 -45 100 4.8 452 32 62 172.9 1 4 2613 30 56 24.8 -10 -19 n/a 899 9Electronics For Imaging, USA 63.80 -1 11 n/m 23.4 24.7 -8 -192 -143 -2.8 273 19 14 158.4 -2 -27 1723 21 48 37.0 -19 -28 n/a 718 10Andrew, USA 62.82 -2 44 145.2 5.5 8.9 43 5 91 3.8 1142 7 65 118.4 -13 7 9649 23 54 6.5 -20 -5 n/a 733 -30Spirent (now Spirent Communications), UK 62.80 -7 -18 872.2 13.5 20.6 7 -79 n/a 1.5 465 -2 -19 106.2 1 1 4378 -3 -20 14.3 -4 1 64 352 -32Quantum, USA 62.56 11 -2 n/m 12.9 15.3 -24 n/m n/m -5.0 486 5 -6 209.5 13 -7 2320 -7 -2 27.0 20 -3 33 221 -27International Rectifier, USA 61.09 14 35 56.6 8.9 20.4 108 54 392 15.8 684 11 30 114.0 7 25 6000 3 4 10.2 10 30 n/a 1454 -10Vitesse Semiconductor, USA 59.09 -7 -23 n/m 53.2 94.7 -73 n/m n/m -65.3 111 -13 -17 154.3 -6 12 720 -7 -24 82.1 1 0 n/a 94 -65Silicon Laboratories, USA 58.96 35 120 175.5 23.8 28.6 34 -47 51 13.5 248 -7 64 380.9 -16 18 651 11 52 90.6 22 49 n/a 1140 28Lattice Semiconductor, USA 55.58 5 14 n/m 45.2 50.6 -33 n/m n/m -27.2 123 -7 -12 135.2 4 0 909 -10 -12 61.1 16 29 n/a 380 30ECI Telecom, Israel 55.51 25 -7 297.9 15.1 19.0 19 466 n/a 5.1 367 27 3 120.5 10 9 3046 15 -4 18.2 9 -1 n/a 423 -20Microchip Technology, USA 55.29 2 9 28.9 10.2 18.5 191 26 98 35.4 540 10 34 124.6 0 9 4336 10 24 12.8 -7 -12 n/a 3996 73Com, USA 55.09 -1 -63 n/m 14.5 17.8 -124 n/m n/m -32.8 379 -7 -56 205.0 -3 7 1850 -4 -59 29.8 3 -3 58 1074 40JDS Uniphase, USA 54.58 -6 -55 n/m 13.2 18.2 -146 n/m n/m -35.1 415 12 -50 82.6 35 11 5022 -17 -51 10.9 13 -16 34 2120 62ON Semiconductor, USA 54.58 -1 14 57.8 7.4 11.1 94 8 202 12.9 734 0 9 69.7 -3 1 10539 2 7 5.2 -3 7 n/a 1173 48Silicon Graphics, USA 54.00 -15 -47 n/m 12.7 14.4 -42 n/m n/m -9.9 425 -13 -42 175.5 -5 1 2423 -9 -42 22.3 -7 -9 100 5 -96Credence Systems, USA 53.90 15 14 n/m 21.6 25.0 -63 n/m n/m -25.2 250 -2 58 153.3 13 34 1631 -14 21 33.0 33 -11 n/a 160 -69Polycom, USA 53.29 -1 22 112.5 15.8 18.6 47 94 390 14.0 338 7 28 206.7 -6 1 1636 14 27 32.6 -13 -4 n/a 1099 22Sanken Electric, Japan 52.97 10 20 109.3 6.9 14.2 48 -8 67 6.3 771 6 6 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 932 11American Power Conversion, USA 52.73 6 35 43.3 4.6 7.1 122 -2 17 10.6 1153 16 34 152.1 -1 8 7580 17 24 7.0 -10 9 55 1866 -38Qlogic, USA 52.28 -6 7 41.5 15.2 20.1 126 -4 33 36.7 343 3 25 371.5 -6 5 923 9 20 56.6 -14 -10 54 1587 -11Anritsu, Japan 51.89 6 -22 359.4 12.5 14.1 14 4 n/a 3.5 415 7 -25 114.9 6 -7 3610 1 -18 14.4 5 -5 n/a 395 -4Zoran, USA 51.86 12 116 n/m 22.5 25.2 -16 n/m n/m -7.0 231 4 86 210.7 -11 2 1094 17 80 47.4 -4 21 n/a 449 23Macronix International, Taiwan 51.56 15 -10 n/m 15.7 25.0 -123 >-999 n/m -37.4 329 -19 -5 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 525 21Logitech International, Switzerland 51.23 19 45 44.2 4.9 7.9 116 16 48 11.1 1047 21 50 145.2 16 15 7208 4 30 7.1 14 11 n/a 2258 3AMIS, USA 50.91 13 45 269.8 17.4 24.2 19 -62 -14 6.4 293 -3 23 104.2 -11 n/a 2816 9 n/a 18.1 4 n/a 58 467 -18Sunplus Technology, Taiwan 50.18 38 113 122.5 10.4 13.6 41 -7 20 8.5 480 43 139 425.5 27 60 1129 12 55 44.4 23 42 n/a 537 n/aAdvanced Semiconductor Engineering, Taiwan 49.40 8 45 n/m 3.2 21.4 -78 -197 -214 -5.1 1528 5 60 52.6 26 25 29039 -16 25 1.7 29 14 n/a 2321 28ProMOS Technologies, Taiwan 48.95 16 76 266.8 9.3 116.0 18 -91 -21 3.5 529 -31 24 122.4 -48 -22 4322 34 68 11.3 -13 6 n/a 1365 n/aCreative Technology, Singapore 47.95 18 49 n/m 6.7 9.5 -42 -265 -554 -5.9 713 50 38 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 267 -25Emulex, USA 46.58 9 53 77.7 21.3 25.7 60 n/a n/a 27.4 219 3 28 414.4 2 -4 528 1 33 88.2 8 17 45 740 -21Italtel, Italy 46.40 8 -24 126.7 12.4 14.2 37 21 495 9.8 375 3 -20 161.2 3 4 2327 0 -23 19.9 8 0 6 n/l n/lSemiconductor Manufacturing, China 45.94 1 60 n/m 6.7 81.2 -51 -202 n/m -7.5 682 20 153 75.0 1 71 9096 19 79 5.1 -15 -11 n/a 1361 n/aVarian Semiconductor Equipment, USA 45.24 15 35 88.2 12.9 15.0 51 3 93 14.7 350 13 29 230.4 8 24 1518 5 6 29.8 9 27 78 1052 13Fairchild Semiconductor, USA 45.20 -5 -4 n/m 5.4 12.3 -3 -104 -110 -0.3 830 -11 -2 93.0 -10 5 8929 -1 -7 5.1 -4 3 90 1151 1Sigmatel, USA 44.24 126 284 134.7 23.4 28.1 33 6 436 17.4 189 67 270 309.8 -35 n/a 610 156 n/a 72.5 -12 n/a n/a 91 n/aEnterasys Networks, USA 42.99 -12 -30 n/m 20.7 23.1 -51 n/m n/m -24.4 208 -14 -42 180.8 5 14 1150 -18 -50 37.4 7 30 52 n/l n/lADC Telecommunications, USA 41.71 21 -54 99.7 6.1 8.6 42 524 n/a 6.1 686 50 -6 83.7 37 -1 8200 9 0 5.1 11 -52 n/a 835 -48Mindspeed Technologies, USA 41.56 -10 n/a n/m 63.8 67.4 -35 n/m n/a -54.1 65 -6 n/a 124.3 13 n/a 524 -17 n/a 79.3 8 n/a 71 96 7Axcelis Technologies, USA 41.30 12 3 n/m 19.0 21.1 0 -101 n/m -0.2 217 -27 -1 142.1 -23 10 1527 -4 -11 27.0 17 16 n/a 327 -10Wistron, Taiwan 40.03 0 20 62.3 1.4 3.7 64 n/a >999 2.2 2922 41 107 146.1 n/a n/a 20000 n/a n/a 2.0 n/a n/a n/a 758 n/aUnova (now Intermec), USA 38.74 7 12 151.9 6.1 7.0 25 n/a >999 4.0 640 35 -8 256.4 142 103 2497 -44 -54 15.5 91 138 56 1083 10LTX, USA 38.62 -2 -2 n/m 49.3 57.9 -76 >-999 n/m -97.5 78 -47 -35 165.7 -29 -2 473 -26 -33 81.6 32 43 n/a 192 -6Cymer, USA 37.29 10 4 157.4 16.7 21.6 24 -34 173 10.6 223 -8 23 254.2 -20 11 879 14 10 42.4 -4 -6 n/a 892 31Inventec Appliances, Taiwan 36.95 21 n/a 59.3 10.3 10.3 62 35 n/a 17.4 358 -74 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 740 n/aInterdigital Communications, USA 36.75 23 34 369.3 38.7 42.0 10 n/a 203 10.5 95 57 82 301.6 62 81 315 -3 0 116.7 27 33 n/a 884 54122 The 2006 R&D ScoreboardThe 2006 R&D Scoreboard 123