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{{Anchor|THE-MACHINE}} During the June 2014 HP Discover customer event in [[Las Vegas]], Whitman and Martin Fink announced a project for a radically new computer architecture called [[The Machine (computer architecture)|The Machine]]. Based on [[memristor]]s and [[silicon photonics]], it was supposed to come into commercialization before the end of the decade, and represented 75% of the research activity in HP Labs at the time.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.enterprisetech.com/2014/06/12/hp-puts-memristors-heart-new-machine/ |title=HP Puts Memristors At The Heart Of A New Machine |last=Morgan |first=Timothy Prickett |date=June 12, 2014 |work=EnterpriseTech |access-date=December 14, 2014}}</ref>
{{Anchor|THE-MACHINE}} During the June 2014 HP Discover customer event in [[Las Vegas]], Whitman and Martin Fink announced a project for a radically new computer architecture called [[The Machine (computer architecture)|The Machine]]. Based on [[memristor]]s and [[silicon photonics]], it was supposed to come into commercialization before the end of the decade, and represented 75% of the research activity in HP Labs at the time.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.enterprisetech.com/2014/06/12/hp-puts-memristors-heart-new-machine/ |title=HP Puts Memristors At The Heart Of A New Machine |last=Morgan |first=Timothy Prickett |date=June 12, 2014 |work=EnterpriseTech |access-date=December 14, 2014}}</ref>


On October 6, 2014, HP announced it was going to split into two separate companies to separate its personal computer and printer businesses from its technology services. The split, which was first reported by ''The Wall Street Journal'' and confirmed by other media, resulted in two publicly traded companies on November 1, 2015: [[Hewlett Packard Enterprise]] and [[HP Inc.]] The split was structured so that Hewlett-Packard changed its name to HP Inc. and spun off Hewlett Packard Enterprise as a new publicly traded company.<ref>{{cite news|last=Darrow |first=Barb |title=Bye-bye HP, it's the end of an era |url=http://fortune.com/2015/10/30/bye-bye-hp/ |work=Fortune Magazine |date=October 30, 2015}}</ref><ref>See company history section of HP Inc.'s information page at [https://www.nyse.com/quote/XNYS:HPQ/company the NYSE Web site]</ref> Whitman became chairman of HP Inc. and CEO of Hewlett Packard Enterprise, [[Patricia Russo]] became chairman of the enterprise business, and [[Dion Weisler]] became CEO of HP, Inc.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Koch |first1=Wendy |title=Hewlett-Packard plans to break into two |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2014/10/05/report-hewlett-packard-plans-to-break-into-two/16768635/ |work=[[USA Today]] |date=October 5, 2014 |access-date=October 6, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Hewlett-Packard to Split Into Two Companies: Report |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/hewlett-packard-split-two-companies-report-n218926 |website=[[NBC News]] |date=October 6, 2014 |access-date=October 6, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release|title=HP To Separate Into Two New Industry-Leading Public Companies |url=http://www8.hp.com/us/en/hp-news/press-release.html?id=1809455 |publisher=Hewlett-Packard |location=[[Palo Alto, California]] |date=October 6, 2014 |access-date=October 6, 2014}}</ref>
On October 6, 2014, HP announced it was going to split into two separate companies to separate its personal computer and printer businesses from its technology services. The split, which was first reported by ''The Wall Street Journal'' and confirmed by other media, resulted in two publicly traded companies on November 1, 2015: [[Hewlett Packard Enterprise]] and [[HP Inc.]] The split was structured so that Hewlett-Packard changed its name to HP Inc. and spun off Hewlett Packard Enterprise as a new publicly traded company.<ref>{{cite news|last=Darrow |first=Barb |title=Bye-bye HP, it's the end of an era |url=http://fortune.com/2015/10/30/bye-bye-hp/ |work=Fortune Magazine |date=October 30, 2015}}</ref><ref>See company history section of HP Inc.'s information page at [https://www.nyse.com/quote/XNYS:HPQ/company the NYSE Web site]</ref> Whitman became chairman of HP Inc. and CEO of Hewlett Packard Enterprise, [[Patricia Russo]] became chairman of the enterprise business, and [[Dion Weisler]] became CEO of HP, Inc.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Koch |first1=Wendy |title=Hewlett-Packard plans to break into two |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2014/10/05/report-hewlett-packard-plans-to-break-into-two/16768635/ |work=USA Today |date=October 5, 2014 |access-date=October 6, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Hewlett-Packard to Split Into Two Companies: Report |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/hewlett-packard-split-two-companies-report-n218926 |website=[[NBC News]] |date=October 6, 2014 |access-date=October 6, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release|title=HP To Separate Into Two New Industry-Leading Public Companies |url=http://www8.hp.com/us/en/hp-news/press-release.html?id=1809455 |publisher=Hewlett-Packard |location=[[Palo Alto, California]] |date=October 6, 2014 |access-date=October 6, 2014}}</ref>


On October 29, 2014, Hewlett-Packard announced their new [[Sprout (computer)|Sprout]] personal computer.<ref>{{cite news|last=Baig |first=Edward C. |title=First Look: HP pushes into 3-D printing, Blended Reality |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/columnist/baig/2014/10/29/hp-sprout-3d-printing-first-look/18105925/ |work=USA Today |date=October 29, 2014}}</ref>
On October 29, 2014, Hewlett-Packard announced their new [[Sprout (computer)|Sprout]] personal computer.<ref>{{cite news|last=Baig |first=Edward C. |title=First Look: HP pushes into 3-D printing, Blended Reality |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/columnist/baig/2014/10/29/hp-sprout-3d-printing-first-look/18105925/ |work=USA Today |date=October 29, 2014}}</ref>