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

HP Labs is the exploratory and advanced research group for HP Inc. HP Labs' headquarters is in Palo Alto, California and 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 Labs was established on March 3, 1966, by Hewlett-Packard founders Bill Hewlett and David 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]

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

  1. ^ "40 years of contribution". HP Labs. Retrieved 2022-05-31.
  2. ^ "Hewlett-Packard Splits Again: But What About the Labs?". IEEE Spectrum: Technology, Engineering, and Science News. Retrieved 2018-07-12.
  3. ^ "Hewlett Packard Labs". Hewlett Packard Enterprise.