Precision Architecture: The Future Now

An HP employee in a futuristic costume celebrating the shipment of HP's first Precision Architecture products (Model 840s). Enlarge
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Date: 1986

Hewlett-Packard celebrated the shipment of its first products to use Precision Architecture (Hewlett-Packard’s proprietary reduced instruction set computing technology) with its typical exuberance. More than 5,000 Hewlett-Packard employees attended the celebration. An employee wore a costume modeled on the clean suit associates would have worn while fabricating the processor.

Tags: 1980s • 1986 • RISC ; Precision Architecture

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