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IBM Research – Almaden is in [[Almaden Valley, San Jose, California]]. Its scientists perform basic and applied research in [[computer science]], services, storage systems, physical sciences, and materials science and technology.<ref name=azom>{{cite news|title=Gathering of the Most Brilliant Minds in Energy Storage to Take Place|url=http://www.azom.com/news.aspx?newsID=17759|access-date=June 9, 2012|newspaper=AZOM|date=June 23, 2009}}</ref>
Almaden occupies part of a site owned by IBM at 650 Harry Road on nearly {{convert|700|acre|km2}} of land in the
IBM opened its first West Coast research center, the San Jose Research Laboratory in 1952, managed by [[Reynold B. Johnson]]. Among its first developments was the [[IBM 350]], the first commercial moving head hard disk drive. Launched in 1956, this saw use in the [[IBM 305 RAMAC]] computer system. Subdivisions included the Advanced Systems Development Division.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/text/FindingAids/102658131.Kolsky.pdf |title=Guide to the Harwood G. Kolsky Papers |access-date=January 31, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920034923/http://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/text/FindingAids/102658131.Kolsky.pdf |archive-date=September 20, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Directors of the center include hard disc drive developer [[Jack Harker]].
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