Gene Amdahl
American computer architect and high-tech entrepreneur / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Gene Myron Amdahl (November 16, 1922 – November 10, 2015) was an American computer architect and high-tech entrepreneur, chiefly known for his work on mainframe computers at IBM and later his own companies, especially Amdahl Corporation. He formulated Amdahl's law, which states a fundamental limitation of parallel computing.
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Born | (1922-11-16)November 16, 1922 Flandreau, South Dakota, U.S. |
Died | November 10, 2015(2015-11-10) (aged 92) Palo Alto, California, U.S. |
Alma mater | South Dakota State University (BS, 1948) University of Wisconsin (MS; PhD, 1952) |
Known for | Founding Amdahl Corporation; formulating Amdahl's law; IBM 360, 704 |
Spouse | Marian Delaine Quissell |
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Awards | National Academy of Engineering (1967) Computer History Museum Fellow (1998)[1] |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Entrepreneur Computer science |
Institutions | Degrees in theoretical physics from the University of Wisconsin |
Thesis | The Logical Design of an Intermediate Speed Digital Computer (1953) |
Doctoral advisor | Robert G. Sachs |
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