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Gene Amdahl
Amdahl addressing a UW–Madison Alumni gathering, March 13, 2008
Born(1922-11-16)November 16, 1922
Flandreau, South Dakota, U.S.
DiedNovember 10, 2015(2015-11-10) (aged 92)
Palo Alto, California, U.S.
Alma materSouth Dakota State University (BS, 1948)
University of Wisconsin (MS; PhD, 1952)
Known forFounding Amdahl Corporation; formulating Amdahl's law; IBM 360, 704
SpouseMarian Delaine Quissell
Children
  • Andrea Leigh Amdahl
  • Beth Delaine Amdahl
  • Carlton Gene Amdahl
AwardsNational Academy of Engineering (1967)
Computer History Museum Fellow (1998)[1]
Scientific career
FieldsEntrepreneur
Computer science
InstitutionsDegrees in theoretical physics from the University of Wisconsin
ThesisThe Logical Design of an Intermediate Speed Digital Computer (1953)
Doctoral advisorRobert 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.

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