The story
A coin flip in this humble garage determined which name came first: Hewlett-Packard, not Packard-Hewlett.
Everything that was here
- 1939–1940
HP Garage - Birthplace of Silicon ValleyHistoric Tech Birthplace
A coin flip in this humble garage determined which name came first: Hewlett-Packard, not Packard-Hewlett.
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Connected places
Varian Associates Building 1
Palo Alto, CA
Hewlett-Packard
Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation
Palo Alto, CA
Silicon Valley
Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory
Mountain View, CA
Silicon Valley
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Varian Associates Building 1
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Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation
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