Amazon Lab126

Amazon Lab126[4] (sometimes known as Lab126) is an American research and development and computer hardware company owned by Amazon.com.[5] It was founded in 2004 by Gregg Zehr, previously Vice President of Hardware Engineering at Palm, and is based in Sunnyvale, California.[6] It is widely known for developing Amazon's Kindle line of e-readers and tablets.[7][8][9]

Amazon Lab126, Inc.
Subsidiary
Industry
Founded2004 (2004)
Headquarters1100 Enterprise Way,
Sunnyvale, California 94089[1]
,
United States
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Gregg Zehr (President)
David Limp (SVP, Devices)[2]
Products
Number of employees
3,000[3]
ParentAmazon.com
Websitelab126.com

Name

Lab126's name derives from the arrow in Amazon's logo, which points from A to Z—the 1st and 26th letters in the English language alphabet.[10]

Products
  • In 2007, after three years of research and development by Lab126, the Amazon Kindle e-reader was released. Newer models of the Kindle continue to be released, with the latest model called the Kindle Oasis in mid-2016.[11]
  • In 2011, Lab126 released the Kindle Fire tablet and in 2012 released two new models of the Fire tablet called the Kindle Fire HD.[12] In 2013, it released the Fire HDX, a high-end tablet.
  • In 2015, Lab126 released the Amazon Echo, a voice command device.
  • In 2016, it released the Echo Dot, which is a hockey puck sized version of the Echo and the Amazon Tap, a smaller, portable version of the Echo.

References
  1. "Contact Lab126 - Sunnyvale, CA". Lab126. Archived from the original on 25 November 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
  2. https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-limp-b833b36
  3. Yu, Howard. "On Cyber Monday, Jeff Bezos Has Made Amazon Echo Sound Better Than Google Home".
  4. "Lab126 Designs and Engineers Hand-held Consumer Electronics in Sunnyvale, CA". Amazon Lab216. Archived from the original on 2016-11-19. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
  5. "Following Fire Phone Flop, Big Changes At Amazon's Lab126". Fast Company.
  6. "Amazon research unit Lab 126 agrees to big lease that could bring Sunnyvale 2,600 new workers". Retrieved 2016-08-21.
  7. Catherine Shu. "Amazon's R&D Group Lab126 Embarks On Hiring Spree As Kindle Business Expands". TechCrunch. AOL.
  8. "Amazon Kindle Product Page". Retrieved 2008-03-22.
  9. "Amazon Grows A Startup In Cupertino". Archived from the original on July 22, 2011. Retrieved 2008-03-22.
  10. "Work with Us § Our Story". Amazon Lab126. Archived from the original on 6 June 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
  11. Amazon's Kindle Oasis is the funkiest e-reader it's ever made The Verge Retrieved April 13, 2016
  12. Amazon preparing 'up to six' new Kindle Fire tablets 23 July 2012
  13. "Amazon Fire Phone Flops". TechCrunch. AOL.
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