DEC Systems Research Center: Difference between revisions
imported>Jlwoodwa tag as one source |
imported>DigitalIceAge |
||
| Line 2: | Line 2: | ||
{{no footnotes|date=October 2018}} | {{no footnotes|date=October 2018}} | ||
{{one source |date=April 2024}} | {{one source |date=April 2024}} | ||
{{Use American English|date=July 2025}} | |||
[[Image:ph-landscapes-dec-src-1.jpg|frame|right|Former location of DEC SRC at 130 Lytton Ave., Palo Alto, CA.]] | [[Image:ph-landscapes-dec-src-1.jpg|frame|right|Former location of DEC SRC at 130 Lytton Ave., Palo Alto, CA.]] | ||
The '''Systems Research Center''' ('''SRC''') was a research laboratory created by [[Digital Equipment Corporation]] (DEC) in 1984, in [[Palo Alto]], [[California]]. | The '''Systems Research Center''' ('''SRC''') was a research laboratory created by [[Digital Equipment Corporation]] (DEC) in 1984, in [[Palo Alto]], [[California]]. | ||
DEC SRC was founded by a group of computer scientists, led by [[Robert Taylor (computer scientist)|Robert Taylor]], who left the Computer Science Laboratory (CSL) of [[Xerox PARC]] after an internal power struggle. SRC survived the takeover of DEC by [[Compaq]] in 1998. It was renamed to "Compaq Systems Research Center". When Compaq was acquired by [[Hewlett-Packard]] in 2002, SRC was merged with other HP corporate research labs and relocated there. | DEC SRC was founded by a group of computer scientists, led by [[Robert Taylor (computer scientist)|Robert Taylor]], who left the Computer Science Laboratory (CSL) of [[Xerox PARC]] after an internal power struggle. SRC survived the takeover of DEC by [[Compaq]] in 1998. It was renamed to "Compaq Systems Research Center". When Compaq was acquired by [[Hewlett-Packard]] in 2002, SRC was merged with other HP corporate research labs and relocated there. | ||
| Line 20: | Line 21: | ||
* [https://www.hpl.hp.com/hplabs/index/Compaq-DEC/ Downloadable SRC publications] | * [https://www.hpl.hp.com/hplabs/index/Compaq-DEC/ Downloadable SRC publications] | ||
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20051122144921/http://research.compaq.com/SRC/ Archived SRC Lab site] | * [https://web.archive.org/web/20051122144921/http://research.compaq.com/SRC/ Archived SRC Lab site] | ||
{{Digital Equipment Corporation}} | |||
[[Category:Educational buildings in Santa Clara County, California]] | [[Category:Educational buildings in Santa Clara County, California]] | ||
[[Category:Digital Equipment Corporation|Systems Research Center]] | [[Category:Digital Equipment Corporation|Systems Research Center]] | ||
[[Category:Laboratories in the United States]] | [[Category:Laboratories in the United States]] | ||
[[Category:Computer-related introductions in 1984]] | |||
{{tech-company-stub}} | {{tech-company-stub}} | ||
{{SantaClaraCountyCA-struct-stub}} | {{SantaClaraCountyCA-struct-stub}} | ||
Latest revision as of 19:53, 19 October 2025
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Template:Use American English
The Systems Research Center (SRC) was a research laboratory created by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) in 1984, in Palo Alto, California.
DEC SRC was founded by a group of computer scientists, led by Robert Taylor, who left the Computer Science Laboratory (CSL) of Xerox PARC after an internal power struggle. SRC survived the takeover of DEC by Compaq in 1998. It was renamed to "Compaq Systems Research Center". When Compaq was acquired by Hewlett-Packard in 2002, SRC was merged with other HP corporate research labs and relocated there.
After Taylor's retirement, the lab was directed by Roy Levin and then by Lyle Ramshaw.
Some of the critical developments made at SRC include the Modula-3 programming language; the snoopy cache, used in the first multiprocessor workstation, the Firefly,[1] built from MicroVAX 78032 microprocessors; the first multi-threaded Unix system, Taos; the first user interface editor; early networked window systems, Trestle. AltaVista was jointly developed by researchers from DEC's Network Systems Laboratory, Western Research Laboratory and Systems Research Center. Among the researchers at SRC, there are Butler Lampson, Chuck Thacker, and Leslie Lamport, all recipients of the ACM A.M. Turing Award.
A later inhabitant of this building is A9.com, a research part of Amazon.com.
References
<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".