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R&D FRAMEWORK AND RESEARCH DOMAINS
Today, we live in a ubiquitous networking era where
people and things are connected anytime and any-
where, and there has been explosive growth in the
volume of information around us. In this context, NEC
seeks to bring to market products and services that
address new needs arising from tumultuous changes
in society, such as the mounting complexity of social
systems and increasingly serious environmental and
energy issues. To this end, it is essential that we effec-
tively allocate R&D resources through a process of
“focus on core competencies” while efficiently and
rapidly commercializing our research achievements.
Guided by this thinking, NEC has established important
medium-term research domains in each core business
field, and is managing R&D based on three platform
research groups that are conscious of the characteristics
R&D AND INTELLECTUAL ASSETS STRATEGY
NEC regards intellectual assets as a key management resource and
conducts R&D activities based on closely linked management/business,
R&D, and intellectual asset strategies. Through innovations driven by these
R&D activities, NEC aims to achieve global growth over the medium and
long term.
R&D AND INNOVATION CREATION FOCUSED ON
MEDIUM-TERM R&D DOMAINS
THREE RESEARCH GROUPS SUPPORTING
R&D AT NEC
Solution Platforms Research Group:
R&D in service platforms and common platforms
that are the foundation of solutions implementation
IT/NW System Platforms Research Group:
R&D in IT/Network system platforms, hardware
packaging and equipment business, and intel-
lectual property core technologies that are the
foundation of semiconductor devices
Materials and Process Research Group:
R&D in new concepts and materials for new
electronic devices
of each business area, adapting to the differences in
product development cycles and market trends.
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