Gene Amdahl

January 8, 2024
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Gene Amdahl
Full Name Gene Amdahl
Occupation Entrepreneur
Date Of Birth Nov 16, 1922(1922-11-16)
Age 102
Date Of Death 2015-11-10
Birthplace Flandreau
Country United States
Birth City South Dakota
Horoscope Scorpio

Gene Amdahl Biography

Name Gene Amdahl
Birthday Nov 16
Birth Year 1922
Place Of Birth Flandreau
Home Town South Dakota
Birth Country United States
Birth Sign Scorpio

Gene Amdahl is one of the most popular and richest Entrepreneur who was born on November 16, 1922 in Flandreau, South Dakota, United States. The most famous for developing the computer science concept known as Amdahl’s Law , and for the creation of the world’s largest IT firm called”the Amdahl Corporation, Amdahl is not only famous for his work in conjunction with IBM.

The two He and Grace Hopper were among the earliest American computer scientists. were among the first American computer researchers.

An ancestor of Flandreau, South Dakota, He was raised in the family with Scandinavian origin. His wife, Marian later traveled to his Norwegian ancestral homeland of his ancestors.

Gene Amdahl Net Worth

Net Worth $5 Million
Source Of Income Entrepreneur
House Living in own house.

Gene Amdahl is one of the richest Entrepreneur from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Gene Amdahl 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Following his service in the United States Navy during the World War II years, He earned a bachelor’s degree at South Dakota State University and completed an advanced theoretical physics doctorate at the University of Wisconsin Madison.

He was elected to the National Academy of Engineering and was named as an IBM Fellow during the mid-sixties. A decade later he was awarded IEEE’s famous Harry H. Goode Memorial Award.

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Gene Ranked on the list of most popular Entrepreneur. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Gene Amdahl celebrates birthday on November 16 of every year.

Who is the father of mainframe computer?

Gene Amdahl , a trailblazer in the design of IBM’s mainframe computers, which became the central nervous system for businesses large and small throughout the world, died on Tuesday at a nursing home in Palo Alto, Calif. He was 92.

What is Amdahl's law formula?

Amdahl’s Law can be expressed in mathematically as follows − SpeedupMAX = 1/((1-p)+(p/s)) SpeedupMAX = maximum performance gain. s = performance gain factor of p after implement the enhancements. p = the part which performance needs to be improved.

What is Amdahl's Law and its significance?

In computer programming, Amdahl’s law is that, in a program with parallel processing , a relatively few instruction s that have to be performed in sequence will have a limiting factor on program speedup such that adding more processor s may not make the program run faster.

What happened to Amdahl?

TypeWholly owned subsidiary
Founded| 1970
Founder| Gene Amdahl
Defunct| 1997
Fate| Defunct

Who is the first supercomputer?

CDC 6600 : In the beginning, 1964, there was the Control Data Corporation 6600, the first supercomputer.

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