The United States is addressing its anemic share of the semiconductor fabrication market (which was 40 percent in 1990) through the CHIPS for America Act and U.S. Innovation and Competitiveness Act. But while these measures are steps in the right direction, they only address a narrow set of the electronics ecosystem. 

Fact of the Week: The US Share of the PCB Market Fell From Over 30 Percent in 2000 to Just 4 Percent in 2020

Manufacturing capacity utilization in the United States has fallen steadily since the 1970s as manufacturing relocated from the United States to regions such as Southeast Asia, and it remains 9 percentage points below its high in November 1973.

Fact of the Week: US Manufacturing Capacity Utilization Is at Its Highest Since 2007

A recent paper published by the Publications Office of the European Union that calculated the number of “digital sustainability” inventions by the top 2,000 R&D-investing firms between 2016 and 2018 found that Qualcomm, Intel, and General Electric filed the most digital sustainability technology priority patents.

Fact of the Week: US Companies Qualcomm, Intel, and General Electric Led All Firms in Digital Sustainability Inventions in 2016–2018

U.S. microbusinesses—defined as having fewer than 10 employees—performed $5.2 billion of R&D domestically in 2019, according to the American Business Survey. This was a 21 percent increase from $4.3 billion in 2018.

Fact of the Week: Microbusinesses Performed $5.2 billion of R&D in the US in 2019

Venture capital (VC) in the United States grew much faster in 2010-2020 than it did in 2000-2010, however there is a staggering rise of global VC that is causing the share in the U.S. to drop.

Fact of the Week: The U.S. Share of Global VC Investments Received Fell to 47 Percent in 2020 From 80 Percent in 2000

Fact of the Week: US R&D Is Estimated To Have Increased to $792 Billion in 2021

Although the United States operated 263 of the world’s 500 most powerful supercomputers in 2011, that number dropped to 199 in 2015—a 25 percent decrease, writes John Wu in Innovation Files.

Innovation Fact of the Week: U.S. Share of World’s 500 Fastest Supercomputers Down 25% in 5 Years

The United States received enough H-1B applications to meet the 85,000-application cap by the end of February 2022, just five months into the 2022 fiscal year.

Fact of the Week: The U.S. Hit its H-1B Visa Cap Just 5 Months into FY22

The U.S. economy could boost GDP anywhere between $1.6 to $2.2 trillion by 2025 through maximizing ICT use across all sectors, writes John Wu in Innovation Files.

Innovation Fact of the Week: US Economy Could Add $1.6-2.2T to GDP By 2025 By Maximizing ICT Adoption

The United States leads the world in the period of data exclusivity it provides to innovators of biologic medicines, writes Adams Nager in Innovation Files.

Innovation Fact of the Week: US Leads World in Period of Data Exclusivity For Biologic Medicine Innovators

U.S. manufacturing has employed one production worker for every non-production worker since 2002, writes John Wu in Innovation Files.

Innovation Fact of the Week: U.S. Manufacturing Holding Steady at One Production Worker For Every Non-production Worker

From 1998 to 2014, U.S. companies managed to increase output by 16.5 percent for each unit of energy input by adopting better IT, writes John Wu in Innovation Files.

Fact of the Week: U.S. Companies Increased Their “Energy Productivity” 16.5 Percent Between 1998 and 2014 by Adopting Better Software for Managing Industrial Processes

Companies invest in research and development activities to remain at the forefront of technology, stay ahead of their competitors, and create new waves of innovations—and by these measures, the U.S. information technology sector is intensely focused on maintaining its global leadership position, writes John Wu in Innovation Files.

Innovation Fact of the Week: U.S. IT Companies Contribute Outsized Share of U.S. and Global R&D Investment

National Science Board data show that from 2012 to 2014, U.S. businesses spent an average of $650 billion on ICT goods, or 4 percent of U.S. GDP in that period, writes John Wu in Innovation Files.

Innovation Fact of the Week: U.S. Businesses Spend Up to 4% of GDP on ICTs

In the United States, micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises are just 47 percent as productive as large firms, compared to 60 percent in other advanced economies.

Fact of the Week: US Microbusinesses Reported $7.6 Billion in R&D Costs in 2022

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