Gene Amdahl
Gene Amdahl | |
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Amdahl addressing a UW–Madison Alumni gathering, March 13, 2008 | |
| Born | November 16, 1922 Flandreau, South Dakota, U.S. |
| Died | November 10, 2015 (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) |
| 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 |
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.