

The HP Garage at 367 Addison Avenue is now designated an official California Historical Landmark, and is marked with a plaque calling it the "Birthplace of ' Silicon Valley'".

The company was founded in a one-car garage in Palo Alto by Bill Hewlett and David Packard in 1939, and initially produced a line of electronic test and measurement equipment.

HP developed and provided a wide variety of hardware components, as well as software and related services to consumers, small and medium-sized businesses ( SMBs), and large enterprises, including customers in the government, health, and education sectors. The Hewlett-Packard Company, commonly shortened to Hewlett-Packard ( / ˈ h juː l ɪ t ˈ p æ k ər d/ HYEW-lit PAK-ərd) or HP, was an American multinational information technology company headquartered in Palo Alto, California.
