Rufe talla

Akwai ɗimbin kuɗi da gaske a Silicon Valley, kuma babban ɓangarensa yana zuwa kimiyya da bincike. Kamfanin iyaye na Google, Alphabet, yana zuba jari a cikin samar da motoci masu cin gashin kansu, kwayoyi masu kashe rai da kuma mutummutumi masu fuskokin dabbobi, Facebook yana samun ci gaba sosai a fagen gaskiya da basirar wucin gadi, yana haɓaka jiragen sama marasa matuƙa tare da ikon fadada Intanet a cikin yanayi. kasashe masu tasowa, kuma Microsoft ya ba da jari mai yawa a kan gilashin holographic da ingantaccen software na fassarar. Zuba jarin IBM a cikin haɓakar bayanan wucin gadi na Watson ba za a iya yin haske akan ko ɗaya ba.

Ita kuwa Apple tana taka-tsan-tsan da albarkatunta, kuma kashe-kashen da take kashewa a fannin kimiyya da bincike ya kusan yi kasala idan aka kwatanta da kudaden shiga. Kamfanin Tim Cook ya kashe kashi 2015 ne kawai ($3,5 biliyan) na dala biliyan 8,1 na kudaden shiga don haɓakawa a cikin kasafin kuɗi na 233. Wannan ya sa Apple ya zama kamfani wanda, a cikin sharuddan dangi, mafi ƙarancin saka hannun jari a cikin ci gaban duk manyan kamfanonin Amurka. Don kwatantawa, yana da kyau a ambaci cewa Facebook ya kashe kashi 21 cikin ɗari (dala biliyan 2,6), mai kera guntu Qualcomm kashi fiye da dala biliyan 5,6, da Alphabet Holding 15 bisa dari ($ 9,2 biliyan) a cikin bincike.

A yankin da Apple ke aiki, yawancin kamfanoni sun yi imanin cewa idan ba su saka wani kaso mai tsoka na kudaden shigar da suke samu ba don ci gaba, a dabi'ance gasar za ta mamaye su. Amma a Cupertino, ba su taɓa riƙe wannan falsafar ba, kuma a cikin 1998 Steve Jobs ya ce "ƙirar ba ta da alaƙa da adadin dala da kuke da shi don kimiyya da bincike". A wani bayanin da ke da alaƙa, wanda ya kafa Apple ya so ya nuna cewa lokacin da aka ƙaddamar da Mac, IBM yana kashe ɗaruruwan lokuta akan bincike fiye da Apple.

A karkashin Tim Cook, Apple ya dogara kacokan akan masu samar da shi, wadanda ke fafatawa da bayar da kamfanin Cook a matsayin wani bangare na yakin neman manyan oda ga Apple. Samar da iPhone na gaba tare da guntu, nuni ko filasha kamara wani hangen nesa ne wanda ke da kuzari sosai. A bara, Apple ya sayar da iPhones miliyan 230 kuma ya yi alkawarin kashe dala biliyan 29,5 kan abubuwan da aka gyara kamar guntu, nuni da ruwan tabarau na kyamara a cikin watanni goma sha biyu masu zuwa, sama da dala biliyan 5 daga bara.

Ram Mudambi na Jami'ar Temple da ke Philadelphia, wanda ke nazarin nasarorin da kamfanoni ke samu da karancin kudaden R&D, ya ce "Masu tallace-tallace suna fada da juna don samun kwangila daga kamfanin Apple, kuma wani bangare na yakin shine kashe kudi da yawa kan kimiyya da bincike."

Duk da haka, Apple yana sane da cewa ba zai yiwu a dogara ga masu samar da kayayyaki kawai ba, kuma a cikin shekaru uku da suka wuce ya kara yawan kudaden ci gaba. A cikin 2015, irin waɗannan kudaden sun kai dala biliyan 8,1 da aka riga aka ambata. A shekarar da ta gabata, dala biliyan 6 ne kawai, kuma a cikin 2013 ko da dala biliyan 4,5 ne kawai. Ɗaya daga cikin mafi girman adadin bincike ya shiga cikin haɓakar semiconductor, wanda ke nunawa a cikin guntu A9 / A9X da aka saka a cikin iPhone 6s da iPad Pro. Wannan guntu shine mafi sauri wanda kasuwa na yanzu ke bayarwa.

Dangin dangi na Apple a fannin manyan saka hannun jari shima yana nuna ta ta hanyar ciyarwar talla. Ko da a cikin wannan yanki, Apple yana da ban mamaki. A cikin rubu'i hudu da suka gabata, Apple ya kashe dala biliyan 3,5 wajen tallatawa, yayin da Google ya kashe dala biliyan 8,8 a cikin kwata kadan.

Tim Swift, farfesa a Philadelphia sauran Jami'ar St. Joseph's, ya lura cewa kuɗin da aka kashe akan bincike ana ɓarna ne idan samfurin bai taɓa barin ɗakin binciken ba. "Kayayyakin Apple suna rakiyar wasu mafi inganci da ingantaccen tallan da muka taɓa gani. Wannan shi ne dalili na biyu da ya sa Apple ya zama kamfani mafi inganci ta fuskar kashe kudaden bincike."

Source: Bloomberg
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