Overview

NEC Laboratories America, Inc. (NEC Labs) is the US-based part of NEC’s global network of research laboratories. It was created in November 2002 as a merger of NEC Research Institute (NECI) and NEC USA’s Computer and Communications Research Laboratory (CCRL). Our primary focus is on technology research and early market validation in support of NEC’s core businesses globally and in the US. Our research covers a broad range of areas.

With a staff of approximately 120, NEC Labs operates as a subsidiary of NEC America with locations in Princeton, New Jersey and Cupertino, California.

Ranked as one of the world's top patent-producing companies, NEC Corporation delivers tailored solutions in the key fields of computers, networking and electronic devices, by integrating its technical strengths in IT and networks, and by providing advanced semiconductor solutions through NEC Electronics Corporation. The NEC Group employs more than 152,000 people across 334 subsidiaries in 27 countries and had net sales of approximately $46 billion in the fiscal year that ended March 2008.