Under this office is HP Labs, the research arm of HP.

He also headed up HP Labs, the company's central research organization, which has seven locations worldwide.

HP Labs is categorized into the following broad areas:

The following have served as Director of HP Labs since its foundation in 1966.

HP Labs has a number of public sector and academic partners, including:

As of 2007, the framework is being actively developed by HP Labs.

Some researchers have pointed out problems with the memristor models of HP Labs.

In 2008 researchers from HP Labs introduced a model for a memristance function based on thin films of titanium dioxide.

A capability-secure and distributed language, developed by HP Labs.

HP Labs announces the creation of the memristor, at times described as the fourth basic electronic element.