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PARC (company)

January 13, 2023

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

PARC
IndustryR&D
Founded1970; 53 years ago (1970)
FounderJacob E. Goldman[1]
Headquarters
Palo Alto, California
,
U.S.
ParentXerox
Websitewww.parc.com
PARC entrance

Xerox PARC has been at the heart of 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]

History

 
Xerox PARC in 1977

In 1969, Goldman talked with George Pake, a physicist specializing in nuclear magnetic resonance and provost of Washington University in St. Louis, about starting a second research center for Xerox.

On July 1, 1970, the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center opened.[8] Its 3,000-mile distance from Xerox headquarters in Rochester, New York, afforded scientists at the new lab great freedom to undertake their work, but it also increased the difficulty of persuading management of the promise of some of their greatest achievements.

In its early years, PARC's West Coast location helped it hire many employees of the nearby SRI Augmentation Research Center (ARC) as that facility's funding began falling, from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the U.S. Air Force. By leasing land at Stanford Research Park, it encouraged Stanford University graduate students to be involved in PARC research projects and PARC scientists to collaborate with academic seminars and projects.

Much of PARC's early success in the computer field was under the leadership of its Computer Science Laboratory manager Bob Taylor, who guided the lab as associate manager from 1970 to 1977 and as manager from 1977 to 1983.

Work at PARC since the early 1980s includes advances in ubiquitous computing, aspect-oriented programming, and IPv6.

After three decades as a division of Xerox, PARC was transformed in 2002[7] into an independent, wholly owned subsidiary company dedicated to developing and maturing advances in science and business concepts.

Accomplishments

PARC's developments in information technology served for a long time as standards for much of the computing industry. Many advances were not equalled or surpassed for two decades,[citation needed] enormous timespans in the fast-paced high-tech world. Xerox PARC has been the inventor and incubator of many elements of modern computing:

The Alto

Main article: Xerox Alto
 
Xerox Alto

Most of these developments were included in the Alto, which added the now familiar Stanford Research Institute (SRI) developed mouse,[10] unifying into a single model most aspects of now-standard personal computer use. The integration of Ethernet[6] prompted the development of the PARC Universal Packet architecture, much like today's Internet.

The GUI

Xerox has been heavily criticized (particularly by business historians) for failing to properly commercialize and profitably exploit PARC's innovations.[11] A favorite example is the graphical user interface (GUI), initially developed at PARC for the Alto and then sold as the Xerox Star by the Xerox Systems Development Department. It heavily influenced future system design, but is deemed a failure because it only sold about 25,000 units. A small group from PARC led by David Liddle and Charles Irby formed Metaphor Computer Systems. They extended the Star desktop concept into an animated graphic and communicating office-automation model and sold the company to IBM.

Microsoft founder Bill Gates has said that the Xerox graphical interface influenced both Microsoft and Apple. Steve Jobs of Apple said that “Xerox could have owned the entire computer industry, could have been the IBM of the nineties, could have been the Microsoft of the nineties."[12][13]

While there is some truth that Xerox management failed to see the potential of many of PARC's inventions, this was mostly a problem with its computing research, a relatively small part of PARC's operations. A number of GUI engineers left to join Apple Computer. Technologies pioneered by its materials scientists such as liquid-crystal display (LCD), optical disc innovations, and laser printing were actively and successfully introduced by Xerox to the business and consumer markets.[14]

Distinguished researchers

Main article: List of people associated with PARC

Among PARC's distinguished researchers were three Turing Award winners: Butler W. Lampson (1992), Alan Kay (2003), and Charles P. Thacker (2009). The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Software System Award recognized the Alto system in 1984, Smalltalk in 1987, InterLisp in 1992, and the remote procedure call in 1994. Lampson, Kay, Bob Taylor, and Charles P. Thacker received the National Academy of Engineering's prestigious Charles Stark Draper Prize in 2004 for their work on the Alto.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b John Markoff (December 21, 2011). "Jacob Goldman, Founder of Xerox Lab, Dies at 90". The New York Times.
  2. ^ "Contact 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 2014-08-29 at the Wayback Machine." PARC. Retrieved on November 11, 2010.
  4. ^ "map 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 2019-08-13.
  6. ^ a b "Xerox PARC". PARC, Palo Alto Research Center ... and Ethernet
  7. ^ a b "Xerox PARC turns 40: Marking four decades of tech innovations". Computerworld. September 20, 2010. spun off by Xerox in January 2002
  8. ^ a b c d Viki, Tendayi. "As Xerox PARC Turns 47, The Lesson Learned Is That Business Models Matter". Forbes. Retrieved 2019-10-04.
  9. ^ "The Xerox Alto Struts Its Stuff on Its 40th Birthday". IEEE.org (IEEE Spectrum). 15 November 2017.
  10. ^ Xerox PARC was the first research group to widely adopt the mouse invented by Douglas Engelbart's Augmentation Research Center at the Stanford Research Institute (now SRI International) in Menlo Park, California.
  11. ^ Douglas K. Smith; Robert C. Alexander (1988). Fumbling the Future: How Xerox Invented, then Ignored, the First Personal Computer. William Morrow & Co. ISBN 978-0688069599.
  12. ^ Robson, David (June 9, 2020). "How to avoid the 'competency trap'". BBC.
  13. ^ Fried, Ina (February 27, 2017). "Bill Gates credits Xerox, not Apple, for Windows". Axios.
  14. ^ . Archived from the original on 2013-07-02. Retrieved 2010-06-14.

Further reading

External links

 
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PARC Palo Alto Research Center formerly Xerox PARC is a research and development company in Palo Alto California 2 3 4 Founded in 1969 by Jacob E Jack Goldman chief scientist of Xerox Corporation the company was originally a division of Xerox tasked with creating computer technology related products and hardware systems 1 5 PARCIndustryR amp DFounded1970 53 years ago 1970 FounderJacob E Goldman 1 HeadquartersPalo Alto California U S ParentXeroxWebsitewww wbr parc wbr comPARC entranceXerox PARC has been at the heart of 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 amp 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 Contents 1 History 2 Accomplishments 2 1 The Alto 2 2 The GUI 3 Distinguished researchers 4 See also 5 References 6 Further reading 7 External linksHistory Edit Xerox PARC in 1977 In 1969 Goldman talked with George Pake a physicist specializing in nuclear magnetic resonance and provost of Washington University in St Louis about starting a second research center for Xerox On July 1 1970 the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center opened 8 Its 3 000 mile distance from Xerox headquarters in Rochester New York afforded scientists at the new lab great freedom to undertake their work but it also increased the difficulty of persuading management of the promise of some of their greatest achievements In its early years PARC s West Coast location helped it hire many employees of the nearby SRI Augmentation Research Center ARC as that facility s funding began falling from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency DARPA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA and the U S Air Force By leasing land at Stanford Research Park it encouraged Stanford University graduate students to be involved in PARC research projects and PARC scientists to collaborate with academic seminars and projects Much of PARC s early success in the computer field was under the leadership of its Computer Science Laboratory manager Bob Taylor who guided the lab as associate manager from 1970 to 1977 and as manager from 1977 to 1983 Work at PARC since the early 1980s includes advances in ubiquitous computing aspect oriented programming and IPv6 After three decades as a division of Xerox PARC was transformed in 2002 7 into an independent wholly owned subsidiary company dedicated to developing and maturing advances in science and business concepts Accomplishments EditPARC s developments in information technology served for a long time as standards for much of the computing industry Many advances were not equalled or surpassed for two decades citation needed enormous timespans in the fast paced high tech world Xerox PARC has been the inventor and incubator of many elements of modern computing Laser printers 8 Computer generated bitmap graphics The graphical user interface 8 featuring skeuomorphic windows and icons operated with a mouse The WYSIWYG text editor 9 Interpress a resolution independent graphical page description language and the precursor to PostScript Ethernet as a local area computer network 8 Fully formed object oriented programming OOP with class based inheritance the most popular OOP model to this day in the Smalltalk programming language and integrated development environment Prototype based programming the second most popular inheritance model in OOP in the Self programming language Model view controller software architecture AspectJ an aspect oriented programming AOP extension for the Java programming languageThe Alto Edit Main article Xerox Alto Xerox Alto Most of these developments were included in the Alto which added the now familiar Stanford Research Institute SRI developed mouse 10 unifying into a single model most aspects of now standard personal computer use The integration of Ethernet 6 prompted the development of the PARC Universal Packet architecture much like today s Internet The GUI Edit Xerox has been heavily criticized particularly by business historians for failing to properly commercialize and profitably exploit PARC s innovations 11 A favorite example is the graphical user interface GUI initially developed at PARC for the Alto and then sold as the Xerox Star by the Xerox Systems Development Department It heavily influenced future system design but is deemed a failure because it only sold about 25 000 units A small group from PARC led by David Liddle and Charles Irby formed Metaphor Computer Systems They extended the Star desktop concept into an animated graphic and communicating office automation model and sold the company to IBM Microsoft founder Bill Gates has said that the Xerox graphical interface influenced both Microsoft and Apple Steve Jobs of Apple said that Xerox could have owned the entire computer industry could have been the IBM of the nineties could have been the Microsoft of the nineties 12 13 While there is some truth that Xerox management failed to see the potential of many of PARC s inventions this was mostly a problem with its computing research a relatively small part of PARC s operations A number of GUI engineers left to join Apple Computer Technologies pioneered by its materials scientists such as liquid crystal display LCD optical disc innovations and laser printing were actively and successfully introduced by Xerox to the business and consumer markets 14 Distinguished researchers EditMain article List of people associated with PARC Among PARC s distinguished researchers were three Turing Award winners Butler W Lampson 1992 Alan Kay 2003 and Charles P Thacker 2009 The Association for Computing Machinery ACM Software System Award recognized the Alto system in 1984 Smalltalk in 1987 InterLisp in 1992 and the remote procedure call in 1994 Lampson Kay Bob Taylor and Charles P Thacker received the National Academy of Engineering s prestigious Charles Stark Draper Prize in 2004 for their work on the Alto See also Edit Companies portal San Francisco Bay Area portalGlobalView List of people associated with PARC Xerox Daybreak a k a Xerox Windows 6085 References Edit a b John Markoff December 21 2011 Jacob Goldman Founder of Xerox Lab Dies at 90 The New York Times 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 driving amp public transportation directions Archived 2014 08 29 at the Wayback Machine PARC Retrieved on November 11 2010 map Archived 2014 08 08 at the Wayback Machine PARC Retrieved on November 11 2010 a b Viki Tendayi As Xerox PARC Turns 47 The Lesson Learned Is That Business Models Matter Forbes Retrieved 2019 08 13 a b Xerox PARC PARC Palo Alto Research Center and Ethernet a b Xerox PARC turns 40 Marking four decades of tech innovations Computerworld September 20 2010 spun off by Xerox in January 2002 a b c d Viki Tendayi As Xerox PARC Turns 47 The Lesson Learned Is That Business Models Matter Forbes Retrieved 2019 10 04 The Xerox Alto Struts Its Stuff on Its 40th Birthday IEEE org IEEE Spectrum 15 November 2017 Xerox PARC was the first research group to widely adopt the mouse invented by Douglas Engelbart s Augmentation Research Center at the Stanford Research Institute now SRI International in Menlo Park California Douglas K Smith Robert C Alexander 1988 Fumbling the Future How Xerox Invented then Ignored the First Personal Computer William Morrow amp Co ISBN 978 0688069599 Robson David June 9 2020 How to avoid the competency trap BBC Fried Ina February 27 2017 Bill Gates credits Xerox not Apple for Windows Axios Milestones PARC a Xerox company Archived from the original on 2013 07 02 Retrieved 2010 06 14 Further reading EditMichael A Hiltzik Dealers of Lightning Xerox PARC and the Dawn of the Computer Age HarperCollins New York 1999 ISBN 0 88730 989 5 Douglas K Smith Robert C Alexander Fumbling the Future How Xerox Invented Then Ignored the First Personal Computer William Morrow and Company New York 1988 ISBN 1 58348 266 0 M Mitchell Waldrop The Dream Machine J C R Licklider and the Revolution That Made Computing Personal Viking Penguin New York 2001 ISBN 0 670 89976 3 Howard Rheingold Tools for Thought MIT Press 2000 ISBN 0 262 68115 3 Todd R Weiss Xerox PARC turns 40 Making four decades of tech innovation Computerworld 2010External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Xerox PARC PARC official website Xerox Star Historical 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