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HP Labs

This article is about the lab run by HP Inc. and formerly run by Hewlett-Packard. For the lab run by Hewlett Packard Enterprise, seeHewlett Packard Labs.

HP Labsis the exploratory and advanced research group forHP Inc.HP Labs' headquarters is inPalo Alto, Californiaand the group has research and development facilities in Bristol, UK. The development of programmable desktop calculators, inkjet printing, and 3D graphics are credited to HP Labs researchers.

HP Laboratories
Formation1966
TypeResearch organization
HeadquartersPalo Alto, California
Parent organization
HP Inc.
Websitewww.hp/us-en/hp-labs.html
HP Labs logo prior to the split on November 1, 2015

HP Labs was established on March 3, 1966, byHewlett-PackardfoundersBill HewlettandDavid Packard,seeking to create an organization not bound by day-to-day business concerns.[1]

The labs have downsized dramatically; in August 2007, HP executives drastically diminished the number of projects, down from 150 to 30. As of 2018, HP Labs has just over 200 researchers, compared to earlier staffing levels of 500 researchers.[2]

WithHewlett Packard Enterprisebeing spun off from Hewlett-Packard on November 1, 2015, and the remaining company being renamed toHP Inc.,the research lab also spun offHewlett Packard LabstoHewlett Packard Enterprise[3]and HP Labs was kept for HP Inc.

History

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As the Semiconductor Lab's first manager,Mohamed Atallalaunched a material science investigation program that provided a base technology forgallium arsenide,gallium arsenide phosphideandindium arsenidedevices. These devices became the core technology used by HP's Microwave Division to develop sweepers andnetwork analyzersthat pushed 20–40 GHz frequency, giving HP more than 90% of themilitary communicationsmarket by the 1970s.[4]

HP Labs was involved in HP'sresearch and development(R&D) on practicallight-emitting diodes(LEDs) between 1966 and 1969. The first practicalLED displayswere built at Atalla's Semiconductor Lab.[5]HP introduced the first commercial LED display in 1968.[6]In February 1969, they introduced the HP Model 5082-7000 Numeric Indicator.[5]It was the first intelligent LED display, and was a revolution indigital displaytechnology, replacing theNixie tubeand becoming the basis for later LED displays.[7]

In 1977, HP Labs fabricated prototypes of theDMOS(double-diffused MOSFET), a type ofpower MOSFET.They demonstrated that it was superior to theVMOS(V-groove MOSFET) with its lower on-resistance and higher breakdown voltage. The DMOS became the most commonpower transistorused inpower electronics.[8]

During the early 90s, HP Labs invented the concept of anExplicitly parallel instruction computing (EPIC)instruction set, which led to theIntel Itanium architecture.Towards the end of the 90s, HP Labs worked on a precursor to web services, known as e-Speak.[9][10]

In 1999, HP Labs andUCLAbuilt the world's first molecular logic gate for eventual application in chemically assemblednano-computers.[11]

During the 2000s, HP Labs in Bristol createdJena,asemantic webframework.

Research areas

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Today, HP Labs specializes in products and solutions related to laptops and tablets, desktop computers, printers, ink and toner cartridges, display accessories and business solutions.[clarification needed]

3D printing

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HP Labs has made a substantial investment in the development of HP MultiJet Fusion technology. Previously, MetalJet technology was jointly developed between the 3D Print business and HP Labs, allowing for advanced metals to be incorporated in3D printing.[12][13]

Microfluidics

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The lab inventsmicrofluidicand imaging technologies for markets beyond office and home print, such as flexible packaging, life sciences, and sensing. The lab has also worked to develop a new method for isolating rare cancer cells.

Security

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Security research began in the 1990s, leading to the co-founding of the TCPA alliance, later known as theTrusted Computing Group.In 2001, a Trusted Linux OS offering was created[14]amongst many years oftrusted computingdevelopment. Various research projects led to product features such as Virus Throttle,[15]HP SureStart,[16]Printer Runtime Intrusion Detection, HP Connection Inspector and HP SureAdmin.

Directors

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The following have served as Director of HP Labs since its foundation in 1966.[17]

  • Barney Oliver(1966–81)
  • John Doyle (1981–84)
  • Joel Birnbaum(1984–86 and 1991–99)
  • Don Hammond (1986–87)
  • Frank Carrubba (1987–91)
  • Ed Karrer (1999)
  • Dick Lampman (1999–2007)
  • Prith Banerjee(2007–2012)
  • Chandrakant Patel (interim; April 7, 2012 – Nov 2012)
  • Martin Fink (2012–2016)
  • Shane Wall (2016–2021)
  • Tolga Kurtoglu (2021–2022)

Lab locations

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HP Labs Bristol

HP Labs has laboratories in two major sites:[18]

Former sites:

Notable people

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Some of the former employees of HP's Research Labs include:


References

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  1. ^"40 years of contribution".HP Labs.Retrieved2022-05-31.
  2. ^"Hewlett-Packard Splits Again: But What About the Labs?".IEEE Spectrum: Technology, Engineering, and Science News.Retrieved2018-07-12.
  3. ^"Hewlett Packard Labs".Hewlett Packard Enterprise.
  4. ^House, Charles H.; Price, Raymond L. (2009).The HP Phenomenon: Innovation and Business Transformation.Stanford University Press.pp. 110–1.ISBN9780804772617.
  5. ^abBorden, Howard C.; Pighini, Gerald P. (February 1969)."Solid-State Displays"(PDF).Hewlett-Packard Journal:2–12.
  6. ^Kramer, Bernhard (2003).Advances in Solid State Physics.Springer Science & Business Media.p. 40.ISBN9783540401506.
  7. ^"Hewlett-Packard 5082-7000".The Vintage Technology Association.Retrieved15 August2019.
  8. ^"Advances in Discrete Semiconductors March On".Power Electronics.Informa.1 September 2005.Archived(PDF)from the original on 22 March 2006.Retrieved31 July2019.
  9. ^Sliwa, Carol (2002-12-02)."From e-Speak to Web services".Computerworld.Retrieved2023-04-01.
  10. ^Karp, Alan (2004)."Lessons from E-speak"(PDF).Worlds 04.
  11. ^"UCLA Chemists, Hewlett-Packard Labs Colleagues Report Significant Advances Toward Chemical Computers".UCLA(Press release).Retrieved2023-10-31.
  12. ^"Behind HP's new Metal Jet 3D Print technology lies a powerful collaborative research effort".garage.hp.Retrieved2023-10-31.
  13. ^"HP's novel coating that could enable the free sintering of BJT and MIM parts".PIM International.
  14. ^""Secure" Versions of Unix ".docstore.mik.ua.Retrieved2023-02-16.
  15. ^Fisher, Dennis (11 February 2005)."HPs Virus Throttle Aims to Halt Worms Spread".eweek.Retrieved22 September2022.
  16. ^"Self-healing BIOS security from HP".helpnetsecurity.18 September 2013.
  17. ^"About HP Labs".HP.Former Directors.
  18. ^"About HP Labs".HP. HP Labs locations.Retrieved2022-05-31.
  19. ^"HP Opens China Research Lab".china.org.cn.Archived fromthe originalon 2005-11-27.Retrieved3 December2022.
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