HP Labs

HP Laboratories

Successor	Hewlett Packard Labs and HP Labs
Formation	1966
Type	Research organization
Headquarters	Palo Alto, California
Website	http://www.hpl.hp.com/research/

HP Labs is the exploratory and advanced research group for HP Inc. HP headquarters is in Palo Alto, California and 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 Labs was established on March 3, 1966, by founders Bill Hewlett and David Packard, seeking to create an organization not bound by day-to-day business concerns.^[1] With the split of Hewlett-Packard in November 1, 2015 into Hewlett Packard Enterprise and HP Inc., the research lab also split into Hewlett Packard Labs^[2] and HP Labs^[3] associated with each respectively.

Research areas

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

3D printing

HP Labs has made a substantial investment in the development of HP MultiJet Fusion technology.

Directors

The following have served as Director of HP Labs since its foundation in 1966.^[4]

• 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 (2012–2015)
• Shane Wall (2015–present)

Lab locations

HP Labs Bristol

Hewlett Packard Enterprise has laboratories in two major sites:^[5]

• Palo Alto, California, United States
• Bristol, England, UK

References

External links

• Official website
• Publications
• Blog