PARC (company)

PARC
Company type
IndustryR&D
FoundedJuly 1, 1970; 54 years ago (1970-07-01)
FounderJacob E. Goldman[1]
Headquarters
Palo Alto, California
,
U.S.
Parent
Websiteparc.com (redirects to www.sri.com/research/future-concepts-division/)
PARC entrance

SRI Future Concepts Division (formerly Palo Alto Research Center, PARC and Xerox PARC) is a research and development company in Palo Alto, California.[2][3][4] It was founded in 1969 by Jacob E. "Jack" Goldman, chief scientist of Xerox Corporation, as a division of Xerox, tasked with creating computer technology-related products and hardware systems.[1][5]

Xerox PARC has been foundational to numerous revolutionary computer developments, including laser printing, Ethernet, the modern personal computer, GUI (graphical user interface) and desktop paradigm, object-oriented programming, ubiquitous computing, electronic paper, a-Si (amorphous silicon) applications, the computer mouse, and VLSI (very-large-scale integration) for semiconductors.[6][5]

Unlike Xerox's existing research laboratory in Rochester, New York, which focused on refining and expanding the company's copier business, Goldman's "Advanced Scientific & Systems Laboratory" aimed to pioneer new technologies in advanced physics, materials science, and computer science applications.

In 2002, Xerox spun off Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated as a wholly owned subsidiary.[7] In late April of 2023, Xerox announced the donation of the lab to SRI International.[8]

  1. ^ a b John Markoff (December 21, 2011). "Jacob Goldman, Founder of Xerox Lab, Dies at 90". The New York Times.
  2. ^ "Contact Archived 2014-08-23 at the Wayback Machine." PARC. Retrieved on November 11, 2010. "PARC (Palo Alto Research Center) 3333 Coyote Hill Road Palo Alto, CA 94304 USA"
  3. ^ "driving & public transportation directions Archived 2014-08-29 at the Wayback Machine." PARC. Retrieved on November 11, 2010.
  4. ^ "map Archived 2014-08-08 at the Wayback Machine." PARC. Retrieved on November 11, 2010.
  5. ^ a b Viki, Tendayi. "As Xerox PARC Turns 47, The Lesson Learned Is That Business Models Matter". Forbes. Retrieved August 13, 2019.
  6. ^ "Xerox PARC". PARC, Palo Alto Research Center ... and Ethernet
  7. ^ "Xerox PARC turns 40: Marking four decades of tech innovations". Computerworld. September 20, 2010. spun off by Xerox in January 2002
  8. ^ Savitz, Eric J. (April 24, 2023). "Xerox Gives Legendary PARC Lab to SRI International". Barron's. Archived from the original on April 25, 2023.