0The 50 Most Inventive CompaniesIn business, creativity is a competitive advantage. The Daily Beast ranks which public companies have the employees that turn out the most new ideas.Updated Jul. 14, 2017 2:41PM EDT / Published Jun. 13, 2010 11:01AM EDT #1, InterDigital Communications #2, LSI Corporation #3, Altera #4, XilinxNewscom #5, VIA TechnologiesGetty Images #6, BroadcomArnd Wiegmann / Reuters #7, Micron TechnologyHo New / Reuters #8, Renesas Electronics #9, Funai ElectricYoshikazuTsuno, AFP / Getty Images #10, SanDiskMark Lennihan / AP Photo #11, National SemiconductorPaul Sakuma / AP Photo #12, Lam ResearchJay Solmonson / Newscom #13, Cypress SemiconductorJay Directo, AFP / Getty Images #14, Macronix International #15, Advanced Micro Devices #16, Infineon TechnologiesUwe Lein / AP Photo #17, ASMLJerry Lampen / Reuters #18, AdvantestRobert Gilhooly / Getty Images #19, Marvell Technology GroupPaul Sakuma / AP Photo #20, Texas InstrumentsPaul Sakuma / AP Photo #21, Oracle #22, MediaTek #23, NvidiaAP Photo #24, Hynix SemiconductorAP Photo #25, Applied Materials #26, Tokyo Electron #27, Eastman KodakPaul Sakuma / AP Photo #28, Agilent TechnologiesAP Photo #29, IntelLaura Rauch / AP Photo #30, Finisar #31, International Game Technology #32, Cadence Design Systems #33, QualcommPaul Sakuma / AP Photo #34, Microsoft Lauren Victoria Burke / AP Photo #35, Samsung ElectronicsIsaac Brekken / AP Photo #36, Taiwan SemiconductorAP Photo #37, KLA-Tencor Technologies #38, Analog Devices #39, Seiko Epson #40, OKI Electric #41, Elpida Memory #42, SharpKatsumi Kasahara / AP Photo #43, YamahaBranimir Kvartuc / AP Photo #44, LG DisplayPaul Sakuma / AP Photo #45, FujifilmPaul Sakuma / AP Photo #46, ADC TelecommunicationsAP Photo #47, Juniper NetworksAP Photo #48, Samsung SDILe Jin-Man / AP Photo #49, CanonAP Photo #50, Lexmark InternationalDaniel Acker / Getty Images
#1, InterDigital Communications #2, LSI Corporation #3, Altera #4, XilinxNewscom #5, VIA TechnologiesGetty Images #6, BroadcomArnd Wiegmann / Reuters #7, Micron TechnologyHo New / Reuters #8, Renesas Electronics #9, Funai ElectricYoshikazuTsuno, AFP / Getty Images #10, SanDiskMark Lennihan / AP Photo #11, National SemiconductorPaul Sakuma / AP Photo #12, Lam ResearchJay Solmonson / Newscom #13, Cypress SemiconductorJay Directo, AFP / Getty Images #14, Macronix International #15, Advanced Micro Devices #16, Infineon TechnologiesUwe Lein / AP Photo #17, ASMLJerry Lampen / Reuters #18, AdvantestRobert Gilhooly / Getty Images #19, Marvell Technology GroupPaul Sakuma / AP Photo #20, Texas InstrumentsPaul Sakuma / AP Photo #21, Oracle #22, MediaTek #23, NvidiaAP Photo #24, Hynix SemiconductorAP Photo #25, Applied Materials #26, Tokyo Electron #27, Eastman KodakPaul Sakuma / AP Photo #28, Agilent TechnologiesAP Photo #29, IntelLaura Rauch / AP Photo #30, Finisar #31, International Game Technology #32, Cadence Design Systems #33, QualcommPaul Sakuma / AP Photo #34, Microsoft Lauren Victoria Burke / AP Photo #35, Samsung ElectronicsIsaac Brekken / AP Photo #36, Taiwan SemiconductorAP Photo #37, KLA-Tencor Technologies #38, Analog Devices #39, Seiko Epson #40, OKI Electric #41, Elpida Memory #42, SharpKatsumi Kasahara / AP Photo #43, YamahaBranimir Kvartuc / AP Photo #44, LG DisplayPaul Sakuma / AP Photo #45, FujifilmPaul Sakuma / AP Photo #46, ADC TelecommunicationsAP Photo #47, Juniper NetworksAP Photo #48, Samsung SDILe Jin-Man / AP Photo #49, CanonAP Photo #50, Lexmark InternationalDaniel Acker / Getty Images