R&D expense · 2011–2025

Silicon Motion Technology R&D expense

$263M+20.6% · FY2025

Silicon Motion Technology (SIMO) reported $263M in R&D expense for fiscal 2025, +20.6% year on year.

$40.5M2011$51.0M2012$46.5M2013$60.9M2014$71.2M2015$92.4M2016$102M2017$102M2018$110M2019$122M2020$164M2021$189M2022$174M2023$218M2024$263M2025
Silicon Motion Technology — R&D expense, 2011–2025
Fiscal yearR&D expenseChangeFiling
FY20252025-12-31$263M+20.6%Open →
FY20242024-12-31$218M+24.9%Open →
FY20232023-12-31$174M−7.5%Open →
FY20222022-12-31$189M+14.8%Open →
FY20212021-12-31$164M+34.9%Open →
FY20202020-12-31$122M+10.4%Open →
FY20192019-12-31$110M+8.1%Open →
FY20182018-12-31$102M−0.0%Open →
FY20172017-12-31$102M+10.4%Open →
FY20162016-12-31$92.4M+29.9%Open →
FY20152015-12-31$71.2M+16.8%Open →
FY20142014-12-31$60.9M+31.2%Open →
FY20132013-12-31$46.5M−8.9%Open →
FY20122012-12-31$51.0M+25.9%Open →
FY20112011-12-31$40.5M—Open →

R&D expense — Research and development expense is what the company charged to R&D in the income statement for the year. Most companies report no R&D at all — the line is absent rather than zero — so this ranking covers the roughly 40% of filers that do.

Every row links to its own SEC filing · Fiscal year 2025 · Data as of September 25, 2026 · 2011–2025 compound annual growth +14.3%

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  author       = {{CompaniesRanked}},
  title        = {{Silicon Motion Technology R\&D expense}},
  year         = {2026},
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  note         = {Compiled from SEC EDGAR XBRL filings; data as of 2026-09-25},
  urldate      = {2026-09-25}
}

The filing itself

The numbers above are read from this document: 20-F · 0001193125-26-197184 · April 30, 2026

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