(Hewlett-Packard has joined the Grenoble-Isère micro and nanotechnology and software competitiveness cluster Minalogic, originally started in 2005. The computer manufacturer has been operating in Grenoble since 1971.
This move consolidates its involvement in the local economy and confi rms its determination to develop here, integrating the growing dynamic centring on nanotechnology and embedded software.
HP will also be represented on the Minalogic board and will thus contribute to defi ning the industrial strategy of this world class competitiveness cluster in a rapidly evolving market. Workwise the arrival of HP mainly concerns collaborative projects focusing on service infrastructures for smart devices, a fi eld in which the growth strategies of HP and Minalogic converge. HP intends to contribute its expertise to increase the reliability and security of embedded software projects.

HP Grenoble’s key activities fi t perfectly with the current business plan. The company is already playing an active role in Minalogic’s intensive computation working group. It will also be providing the centre’s small and medium-sized companies with an HP super-calculator rated at about 2 Terafl ops (two thousand billion instructions a second).