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Gene Amdahl

American physicist (1922-2015) · United States · On the map · Scientists · Died at 92

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.

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2015Died10 November 20151987Eckert-Mauchly AwardAward1983Harry H. Goode Memorial AwardAward1976W. Wallace McDowell AwardAward1922Born16 November 1922

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Eckert-Mauchly Award1987
Harry H. Goode Memorial Award1983
W. Wallace McDowell Award1976
IBM Fellow
Computer History Museum Fellow
Fellow of the British Computer Society

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United States
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1922 to 2015 · aged 92