HP Labs

HP Labs is the exploratory and advanced research group for <a href="/facts/HP_Inc./68EHIDIa">HP Inc.</a> HP Labs' headquarters is in <a href="/facts/Palo_Alto%2c_California/KJpC7kd8">Palo Alto, California</a> 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 <a href="/facts/Hewlett-Packard/abuNSYNu">Hewlett-Packard</a> founders <a href="/facts/Bill_Hewlett/sb18jed1">Bill Hewlett</a> and <a href="/facts/David_Packard/8GfWblhG">David Packard</a>, seeking to create an organization not bound by day-to-day business concerns.
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.
With <a href="/facts/Hewlett_Packard_Enterprise/d9NbClDt">Hewlett Packard Enterprise</a> being spun off from Hewlett-Packard on November 1, 2015, and the remaining company being renamed to <a href="/facts/HP_Inc./68EHIDIa">HP Inc.</a>, the research lab also spun off <a href="/facts/Hewlett_Packard_Labs/PkPFqHvb">Hewlett Packard Labs</a> to <a href="/facts/Hewlett_Packard_Enterprise/d9NbClDt">Hewlett Packard Enterprise</a> and HP Labs was kept for HP Inc.

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HP Labs