PARC

Also known as Xerox PARC, Palo Alto Research Center, Inc., Xerox Palo Alto Research Center

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Company type: Division (1970–2002, 2024–present) Subsidiary (2002–2024)
Industry: R&D
Founded: July 1, 1970 ; 55 years ago ( 1970-07-01 )
Founder: Jacob E. Goldman
Headquarters: Palo Alto, California , U.S.
Parent: Xerox (1970–2023) SRI International (2023–present)
Website: parc .com (redirects to www .sri .com /research /future-concepts-division / )

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Palo Alto Research Center - SRI

The labs in the Future Concepts division focus on basic research and real-world applications by creating and maturing breakthrough technologies.

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PARC entranceFuture Concepts division (formerly Palo Alto Research Center, PARC and Xerox PARC) is a research and development company in Palo Alto, California. It was founded in 1970 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.

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