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Two gold HP cufflinks with red chips and company objectives printed on a tiny chip in the center of each one.
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“Management by Objective” Cufflinks
Hewlett-Packard’s emphasis on “management by objective” permeated throughout the company. Employees embraced this mantra so much that cufflinks were designed with the company objectives imprinted on t ...
Close-up view of the 32-bit CPU developed for the HP 9000 desktop workstation.
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A Chip Shot: HP’s 32-Bit Single-Chip CPU
Hewlett-Packard developed the world’s first 32-bit single-chip CPU for the 9000 Desktop workstation.
A photo of two computer circuit boards in the foreground and HP employee working in the background.
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Crafted by Hand
Hewlett-Packard first entered the computer market before the invention of the microprocessor, making computer construction and operation all the more challenging. These CPU registers for Hewlett-Packa ...
A display piece showcasing how HP's improvements in printing speed and precision exceeded Moore's Law.
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How HP Broke Moore’s Law
In 1965, engineer Gordon Moore posited Moore’s Law, which held that the capacity of integrated circuits would double at a continuous, steady rate. The law became a benchmark for measuring and predicti ...
The HP 5036A Micro Lab in its case (open).
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Making a Case: The HP 5036A Micro Lab
As microprocessor-based computers were gaining traction in the 1970s, Hewlett-Packard introduced the 5036A Micro Lab as an educational tool designed to teach engineers about the basics of microprocess ...
A crane lifts a Hewlett-Packard computer onto the research vessel Chain in 1966.
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On Sale: The First HP Computer Purchase
The first Hewlett-Packard computer ever purchased was sold to Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute in 1966 for use on the research vessel Chain.
Photo of the Digital Equipment Corporation PDP 8/I, taken in 1968.
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The DEC PDP 8 Minicomputer
The PDP 8 from Digital Equipment Corporation was the first commercially successful minicomputer. First introduced in 1965, its success triggered a revolution in data processing that continued through ...