Gene Amdahl

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American computer architect entrepreneur human

Gene Amdahl was an American computer architect and high-tech entrepreneur best known for his pioneering work on mainframe computers and for formulating Amdahl's Law in parallel computing.

Aliases (2)

Fred Brooks ×1
Gene Myron Amdahl ×1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American → computer architect → entrepreneur → human →
academicDegree	PhD in theoretical physics →
awardReceived	Harry H. Goode Memorial Award → IEEE Computer Society Pioneer Award → National Medal of Technology and Innovation →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1922-11-16 →
dateOfDeath	2015-11-10 →
doctoralAdvisor	Charles W. Gear NERFINISHED →
doctoralThesis	A Logical Design of an Intermediate Speed Digital Computer →
educatedAt	South Dakota State University → University of Wisconsin–Madison →
employer	Amdahl Corporation → Andor International → International Business Machines Corporation → Trilogy Systems →
familyName	Amdahl →
fieldOfWork	computer architecture → mainframe computers → parallel computing →
founded	Amdahl Corporation → Andor International → Trilogy Systems →
fullName	Gene Myron Amdahl →
genre	computer hardware design →
givenName	Gene →
hasEthnicity	Norwegian American →
influenced	mainframe computer design → parallel computing performance analysis →
knownFor	Amdahl Corporation → Amdahl's law → IBM System/360 →
memberOf	National Academy of Engineering →
notableConcept	Amdahl's law →
notableWork	design of IBM System/360 architecture → formulation of Amdahl's law for parallel processing →
occupation	businessperson → computer scientist →
placeOfBirth	Flandreau, South Dakota, United States →
placeOfDeath	Palo Alto, California, United States →
positionHeld	chief architect of IBM System/360 →
residence	Silicon Valley, California, United States →
spouse	Marilyn Amdahl →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
IBM System/360 → IBM System/360 ("Fred Brooks") →	designedBy
IBM System/360 →	chiefArchitect
Gene Amdahl ("Gene Myron Amdahl") →	fullName
IEEE Computer Society Computer Pioneer Award →	notableRecipient