Gene Amdahl
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 10 years ago |
| Date of birth | November 16,1922 |
| Zodiac sign | Scorpio |
| Born | Flandreau |
| South Dakota | |
| United States | |
| Date of died | November 10,2015 |
| Died | Palo Alto |
| California | |
| United States | |
| Thesis | The Logical Design of an Intermediate Speed Digital Computer (1953) |
| Founded | Amdahl Corporation |
| Trilogy Systems | |
| Nationality | American |
| Current partner | Marian Quissell |
| Academic advisor | Robert G. Sachs |
| Awards | National Academy of Engineering ; Computer History Museum Fellow (1998) |
| Education | University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| South Dakota State University | |
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| ID | 1014940 |
Gene Amdahl Life story
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.