Apple spent more than $6 billion on R&D in the last quarter of 2021

Apple did not only break turnover and profit records during its fiscal Q1 (Q4 2021). The firm of Cupertino also spent a lot on R&D (research and development) over the same period. 6.306 billion dollars were allocated to R&D in Q4 (+9.25%), a record for Apple (5.1 billion dollars last year). Over the full year, Apple will have released more than 23 billion dollars in R&D and thus joins the leading group of companies that spend the most on tomorrow’s innovations.

3D rendering of Apple’s R&D center located in Munich

But what is Apple working on to spend so much? Asked about the question during the questions and answers after results, Tim cook refused to provide more details, even if we can trace the most probable positions: the Apple Car, the development of new generations of Ax chips /Mx and of course the next AR/VR technologies must gobble up a good part of this pharaonic budget.