Google's Head of Research — We Don't Do Hardware

mr_sifter writes "In a recent, wide-ranging interview Google's Head of Research, Dr Peter Norvig, revealed the firm has no interest in developing its own hardware. (Except a phone, apparently.) Said Norvig, 'We want to work everywhere and be neutral. That neutrality is important.' Interestingly, Norvig is tough on where the company's priorities are at the moment, saying: 'I think there could be much better tools, we're [Google] still kind of isolated in what we do. You give us a question and we give you an answer ... We're really focused on either the five second-type question ... We don't really support the five month or the five year queries, the project or life-long goal.' He also talks about the importance of adding a narrative to search, mobile technology, and how Google's strong financials mean the company can run research in an unusual way."

Comments

Of course!

[biocute]

Define hardware : major items of military weaponry (as tanks or missile)

Re:Google doesn't make hardware?

[brunes69]

Some OEM partner. Google just makes the software that runs on it.

Re:Google does do hardware

[morgan_greywolf]

Just because Google needs hardware to run its operations, and thus, hardware testing engineers to test new hardware and infrastructures, doesn't mean that they 'do hardware.'

Or were you trying to be funny?

Re:I remember another company once said this...

[WilliamSChips]

He's talking about their mice and keyboards.