U.S. won't lose its tech edge, says Microsoft's Mundie
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The U.S. still has a tremendous innovation capability and is unlikely to lose it to countries such as India and China, Craig Mundie, Microsoft's chief technology officer and senior vice president for advanced strategies and policies, said on Friday.
A number of analysts and executives have warned that the U.S. could be losing its technology and innovative edge to countries like India and China. The U.S. government must increase its funding for research and development (R&D) and reform the nation's education system, members of the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) said in March. Intel's chairman, Craig Barrett, called R&D spending and educated workers the foundations for innovation and creativity in the U.S.