Gene Amdahl
Gene Myron Amdahl (November 16, 1922 – November 10, 2015) was an American computer architect and high-tech entrepreneur. He was known for his work on mainframe computers at IBM alongside Fred Brooks and Gerrit Blaauw and later his own companies, especially Amdahl Corporation. He formulated Amdahl's law, which states a fundamental limitation of parallel computing.
Gene Amdahl | |
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 Gene Amdahl addressing a UW–Madison Alumni gathering, March 13, 2008 | |
| Born | November 16, 1922 |
| Died | November 10, 2015 (aged 92) |
| Nationality | American |
| Citizenship | USA |
| Alma mater | South Dakota State University (B.S., 1948) University of Wisconsin–Madison (M.S.; Ph.D., 1952) |
| Known for | founding Amdahl Corporation; formulating Amdahl's law; IBM 360, 704 |
| 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) |
In 1998, he was made a Fellow [5] of the Computer History Museum "for his fundamental work in computer architecture and design, project management, and leadership."
Amdahl died of pneumonia after suffering from Alzheimer's disease during the last years of his life in Palo Alto, California, aged 92.
Gene Amdahl Media
Gene and his wife, Marian, in front of the main house at Amdahl, Norway
On the face of the mountain behind Gene and Marian there is a profile of a face, called the "Amdahl troll"
References
- ↑ "Gene Amdahl 1998 Fellow". Archived from the original on 2015-11-15. Retrieved 2015-11-12.
- ↑ Amdahl, Gene M.. Interview with Arthur L. Norberg. Oral history interview with Gene M. Amdahl. Charles Babbage Institute. 1989.
- ↑ Amdahl, Gene M.. Interview with William Aspray. Amdahl, Gene oral history. Computer History Museum. 2000-09-24.
- ↑ Anderson, William S. (2007). "An Interview with Gene M. Amdahl". IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society Newsletter. 12 (3): 10–16. doi:10.1109/N-SSC.2007.4785613. ISSN 1098-4232. S2CID 42621761.
- ↑ CHM. "Gene Amdahl— CHM Fellow Award Winner". Archived from the original on November 15, 2015. Retrieved March 27, 2015.[1] Archived 2015-11-15 at the Wayback Machine
Other websites
- Oral history interview with Gene M. Amdahl Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota. Amdahl discusses his graduate work at the University of Wisconsin and his design of WISC. Discusses his role in the designing of several computers for IBM including the STRETCH, IBM 701, and IBM 704. He discusses his work with Nathaniel Rochester and IBM's management of the design process. Mentions work with Ramo-Wooldridge, Aeronutronic, and Computer Sciences Corporation
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