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Gene Amdahl

Also Known As Gene Myron Amdahl · Gene M. Amdahl
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Gene Myron Amdahl 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. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Birth Year
1922 1
Birth Date
1922-11-16 1
Death Year
2015 1
Death Date
2015-11-10 1
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Invented

IBM System/360, Systems

Gene Amdahl was chief architect of the IBM System/360, the unified mainframe family launched in 1964.

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Invented By

Amdahl's Law, Concepts

Gene Amdahl formulated Amdahl's Law in his 1967 paper on the limits of speedup from parallelizing a computation.

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1. Wikipedia: Gene Amdahl
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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.
  • Infobox, Born
    November 16, 1922
  • Infobox, Died
    November 10, 2015
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Gene Amdahl (Wikidata)
  • Wikidata alias: Gene Myron Amdahl
    Gene Myron Amdahl
  • Wikidata P166: Harry H. Goode Memorial Award
    Wikidata P166 (award received): Harry H. Goode Memorial Award.
  • Wikidata P166: Eckert-Mauchly Award
    Wikidata P166 (award received): Eckert-Mauchly Award.
  • Wikidata P166: W. Wallace McDowell Award
    Wikidata P166 (award received): W. Wallace McDowell Award.
  • Wikidata P166: Computer History Museum Fellow
    Wikidata P166 (award received): Computer History Museum Fellow.
  • Wikidata P166: IBM Fellow
    Wikidata P166 (award received): IBM Fellow.
  • Wikidata P166: Fellow of the British Computer Society
    Wikidata P166 (award received): Fellow of the British Computer Society.
  • Wikidata alias: Gene M. Amdahl
    Gene M. Amdahl
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