First programmable scientific desktop calculator: The HP A — virtually the first PC — stores programs on a magnetic card and can solve science and engineering problems 10 times faster than most other machines.
It paves the way for the company's workstation business. Ads call it a "personal computer" in the first documented uses of the term. Dave Packard is appointed U. Deputy Secretary of Defense and serves from to HP produces a laser interferometer capable of taking infinitesimal measurements.
The device becomes the tool of choice in microchip manufacturing. Similar technology also produces a laser instrument that becomes the first electronic surveying tool. HP expands into business computing with the HP , which introduces the era of distributed data processing. Small enough to fit in a shirt pocket, it makes the slide rule obsolete. HP is the first company in the United States to institute flextime, designed to allow employees more time for family, leisure or personal business.
This interactive approach came to be known as "management by walking around. HP simplifies instrument systems by creating a standard interface. The electronics industry adopts the HP-IB interface bus as an international standard to allow one or more instruments to connect easily to a computer. HP becomes a global company. HP introduces the HP wrist instrument, a combination digital wristwatch, calculator and personal calendar.
In the s, journalists began using the term "Silicon Valley" to describe the countless electronics firms proliferating in Santa Clara County. HP Labs researchers create fused silica capillary columns for gas chromatography, which revolutionizes chemical analysis. HP introduces its first personal computer, the HP HP introduces the HPC business calculator. Yokogawa-Hewlett-Packard wins the prestigious Deming Prize for quality. HP introduces the HP technical computer.
It marks the success of HP Labs in miniaturizing inkjet technology to deliver superior quality, quieter operation and lower-power consumption over dot-matrix printers. HP becomes the first major computer company to introduce a precision architecture based on reduced instruction set computing RISC , making computers faster and less expensive. RISC executes instructions faster and does more work than previous generations of chips.
The device helps HP become a leading graphics workstation vendor. Bill Hewlett retires as vice chairman of the HP board and is named director emeritus. Customers can achieve PC-like economics and flexibility for their server environments with the first x86 server built on industry standards. The Compaq SystemPro ushers in a new era of computing in enterprise server reliability, capacity and performance. HP Labs scientists create fundamental color sRGB , compression and half-toning algorithms for the DeskJet C, dramatically reducing the cost of color printing.
Roughly the size of a pocket calculator, it boasts as much computing power as a desktop PC. Dave Packard retires as chairman of the board. Lew Platt is elected to replace him. HP introduces the 3-pound 1. Proliant line of servers is introduced by Compaq later acquired by HP.
The Proliant is the first rack-mounted server in the market. Rack-mounting simplifies physical deployment and improves data center security. HP becomes one of the first companies to encourage telecommuting, designed to increase job satisfaction, lower stress and improve employee retention. Building on work that began in HP Labs in , researchers team with Intel engineers to develop what eventuallybecomes Intel's next-generation Itanium architecture, launched in It advances computing from 32 to 64 bits.
Teams from HP businesses and HP Labs develop standard telecommunications computing platforms to replace the inflexible proprietary equipment of the time. Today, these technologies are found in the Open Call family of products. Dave Packard dies at age Flags fly at half-staff across Silicon Valley and at HP offices around the world for the man headlines describe as "a Silicon Valley founding father and guiding spirit.
HP Labs provides a pipeline of imaging innovations like adaptive lighting, color balance and automatic red-eye removal that add a "custom photo lab" to HP products and services. Navigation technology devised by HP Labs for a handheld copier is later licensed for use in cordless mice.
The paper-motion sensing technology can also be seen in today's printers. The divesture is completed in HP introduces the Superdome server line, advancing its position in Internet infrastructure. Bill Hewlett dies at age HP employees, business leaders and friends around the world mourn the loss of a man described as one of the true pioneers and giants of the electronics industry. HP Labs researchers help create the Utility Data Center, believed to be the first true implementation of a utility computing technology for enterprises looking to make better use of their resources.
The technology helps service providers meet customers' fluctuating demands. HP creates HP Services to provide consulting, outsourcing, support and solutions deployment. HP Labs leads the company into the digital publishing business by establishing a technical relationship with IndigoN. Indigo presses offer technology called liquid electrophotography LEP , which combines digital laser imaging, ultra-small ink particles and a liquid transport system to produce prints comparable to offset quality.
HP announces breakthroughs in molecular electronics in the emerging field of nanotechnology. A team of chemists, physicists, engineers and computer scientists working in quantum computing produce the highest density electronically addressable memory to date. The laboratory demonstration circuit, a bit memory using molecular switches as active devices, fits inside a square micron -- an area so tiny that more than 1, could fit on the end of a human hair.
HP and Compaq merge. The new company serves more than one billion customers across countries. HP's stock symbol is changed to HPQ to reflect the combined companies. HP announces new color printers and paper that deliver results surpassing traditional prints in photo quality and fade resistance. Revolutionized data center operations with new levels of flexibility, scalability and economics built on a plug-and-play, space saving server design, reduced cable requirements with the introduction of the first HP ProLiant blade server.
HP eases management of blade server infrastructures by slashing deployment time, increasing energy efficiency and adding on-board shared storage and data protection with the introduction of HP BladeSystem. HP Labs researchers help the U. HP scientists' work using computational fluid dynamics to model heat distribution in a data center leads to HP's smart cooling solution, which potentially can dramatically reduce energy use and save millions of dollars annually.
The images help scientists on earth closely study the surface of Mars from million miles away. HP held the No. The merger vote was seen as a key victory for Fiorina, who had drawn fire for ordering massive layoffs and her top-down management style.
September HP says Chairman Patricia Dunn will step down in January after coming under fire for ordering an investigation into board leaks to the media. HP had hired private detectives to pose as board members and journalists to obtain their phone records. Hurd becomes chairman in addition to CEO. It proceeds to lay off 24, employees to cut costs.
In , Bill Hewlett retired as a director; Dave Packard relinquished his board chairmanship in Through separate family philanthropic foundations, both founders became significant benefactors of educational, scientific, and health-care institutions. Lewis E. Platt , steeped in HP values, championed diversity in the workplace, a balance between work and personal life, and community involvement.
More than sales offices or independent distributorships served more than countries. Closely coupled with this is the HP tradition of treating each individual with consideration and respect, and recognizing individual achievements.
By , environmental guidelines in product design, Energy Star certification, and a robust recycling program established the company as an industry leader in addressing issues of environmental responsibility. On the employee front, HP became one of the first companies to encourage telecommuting around the world HP retained its computing, printing and imaging businesses. In July of , Lew Platt retired.
Following a history-making merger with Compaq Computer Corporation, in , the company became a global technology giant serving more than one billion customers across countries. HP Labs continues to invent for the future by delivering breakthrough technology advancements in areas such as nanotechnology, color science, and social and economic systems.
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