American computer architect and high-tech entrepreneur
Gene Amdahl
Amdahl addressing a UW–Madison Alumni gathering, March 13, 2008
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
Children
Andrea Leigh Amdahl
Beth Delaine Amdahl
Carlton Gene Amdahl
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
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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