HP Prime
programmable graphing calculator
The HP Prime Graphing Calculator is a graphing calculator introduced by Hewlett-Packard in 2013 and manufactured by HP Inc. until the licensees Moravia Consulting spol. s r.o. and Royal Consumer Information Products, Inc. took over the continued development, manufacturing, distribution, marketing and support in 2022. It was designed with features resembling those of smartphones, such as a rechargeable lithium-ion battery, full-color touchscreen display, and a user interface centered around different applications. It claims to be the world's smallest and thinnest CAS-enabled calculator currently available.
The functionality of the HP Prime is also available as emulation software for PCs and Macs, as well as for various smartphones.
Design and software
The HP Prime's graphical user interface features two separate home screens, one of which contains an integrated computer algebra system (CAS) based on the free and open-source Xcas/Giac 1.5.0 engine, which evolved from that of the HP 49G and its successors. Both the standard and CAS modes function independently of each other and the calculator can quickly switch between the two, unlike some of its competitors, such as the TI-Nspire series by Texas Instruments, which comes in either CAS-supported models or non-CAS models.
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