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A new article reveals that large corporations are investing less in science. From 1980 to 2006, publications by company scientists have declined in a range of industries. The result holds across a range of industries.
Investigators also found that the value attributed to scientific research has dropped, whereas the value attributed to technical knowledge (as measured by patents) has remained stable. Companies appear to be focusing more on developing existing knowledge and commercializing it, rather than on creating new knowledge through basic research.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/11/171127124929.htm
[Abstract]: The decline of science in corporate R&D
Remembering AT&T Bell Labs, IBM Labs, Xerox PARC, HP Labs, TI, etc. In the current political and economic situation, do you think companies in USA have the will and means to reverse this decline?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 30 2017, @04:43AM (2 children)
Google seems to fund a good amount of basic research on neural networks and quantum computing. How many times can you invent the transistor?
(Score: 3, Touché) by c0lo on Thursday November 30 2017, @06:43AM
Let's see:
BJT, FET, MOSFET, IGBT... quite a number of times, I guess.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 3, Informative) by DannyB on Thursday November 30 2017, @04:23PM
On the surface semiconductors seem simple.
But after {con | in}sulting YouTube videos, I see that there are a surprising variety of semiconductor devices. All with different applications. We could just talk about variations on a diode [sparkfun.com]. How many and what they are for. Zeners. Light Emitting. Tunneling. Gunn. Schottky. Photo. Avalanche.
Similarly, SCRs, Triacs [wikipedia.org], and on and on.
The lower I set my standards the more accomplishments I have.