According to the survey report of the research company Strategy&, Samsung's total R&D investment in 2014 reached US $13.4 billion, accounting for 6.4% of its total revenue, becoming the first R&D investment in the IT industry, only second to the German Volkswagen Group's US $13.5 billion worldwide, and Intel, Microsoft, Google ranked third, fourth, and twelfth, with no Apple in the top 20.
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