IEEE Spectrum November, 2008 - 1

volume 45 number 11 north american

11.08

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ieee honors
innoVators
From the microprocessor to the world
wide web, the contributions of this
year's recipients of Ieee medals and
awards have had a major impact on
our daily lives. check out highlights
from the Ieee Honors ceremony.

tWo neW ieee
milestones
the newest Ieee milestones recognize
the edison west orange labs in
New Jersey and the Japanese word
processor in tokyo.
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bOTTOm: h&S PROdUCTiOn/
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the r&d 100: still
spending billions

Economies crater from time to time, but companies must continually
spend more money on R&D [above] or be left behind when the
inevitable upturn comes. Despite spending growth in India and China,
this year's list of the world's top 100 spenders is dominated by firms
from the U.S., Japan, Germany, and the UK. Who topped the chart?
Which U.S. telecom giant boosted spending by 341 percent? Which
German colossus slashed spending by 32 percent? Read the list, then
use our interactive R&D 100 Graph-o-matic to compare spending
across companies, industries, and countries.

oNLINe FeAtUres:

ALso oNLINe:

new Blog: starting this month, senior
editor william sweet and veteran energy
journalist Peter Fairley analyze cutting-edge
alternative-energy technologies and provide
perspective on climate-change issues in
their new blog, Energywise.

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