Gene Amdahl
Facts
26 properties- Instance of
- human
- Date of birth
- November 16, 1922
- Date of death
- November 10, 2015
- Place of birth
- Flandreau
- Place of death
- Palo Alto
- Country of citizenship
- United States[12]
- Occupation
- physicist, engineer, computer scientist, entrepreneur, businessperson
- Field of work
- electronics, mathematics[13][14]
- Award received
- IBM Fellow, Eckert–Mauchly Award, Computer History Museum Fellow, Harry H. Goode Memorial Award, W. Wallace McDowell Award, Fellow of the British Computer Society[20][21][22][23][24][25]
- Notable work
- Amdahl's law[19]
- Spouse
- Marian Quissell[11]
- Doctoral advisor
- Robert G. Sachs[18]
- Academic degree
- Doctor of Sciences[30]
- Archives at
- Computer History Museum[28]
- Maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics[37]
- Manner of death
- natural causes[35]
- Member of
- National Academy of Engineering[26]
- Name in native language
- Gene Amdahl[36]
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- Place of burial
- Bethania Cemetery[10]
- Residence
- South Dakota[31]
- ISNI
- 0000000049601481
- VIAF cluster ID
- 58961532
- Library of Congress authority ID
- nr94012330
- Image (Wikimedia Commons)
- Amdahl march 13 2008.jpg ↗
- ACM Digital Library author ID
- 81100318003
- DBLP author ID
- 19/6222
- Early Modern Letters Online person ID
- 4aa3d3ca-dbcc-407f-911c-7c9e1a9f58ef
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
- biography/Gene-M-Amdahl
- FAST ID
- 1516363
- FOLDOC ID
- Gene+Amdahl
- Find a Grave memorial ID
- 155409313
- Freebase ID
- /m/01kvh_
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- Geni.com profile ID
- 6000000175674391557
- Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID
- amdal-dzhin-mairon-0ec394
- Justia Patents inventor ID
- gene-m-amdahl
- LittleSis people ID
- 94990
- Lur Encyclopedic Dictionary ID
- 00285/eu_a_2850/a2850
- Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
- 167651
- NE.se ID
- gene-amdahl
- Notable Names Database ID
- 173/000159693
- PM20 folder ID
- pe/000444
- Prabook ID
- 362042
- Quora topic ID
- Gene-Amdahl
- Scopus author ID
- 7801422940
- WikiTree person ID
- Amdahl-20
- WorldCat Entities ID
- E39PBJh8HTvprGC3Qbtw3fGPwC
- ZbMATH author ID
- amdahl.g-m
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Summary
Gene Amdahl was born on November 16, 1922[1], in Flandreau[2]. He died on November 10, 2015[3], in Palo Alto[4]. He worked as a physicist[5], engineer[6], computer scientist[7], entrepreneur[8], and businessperson[9].
Body
Works and Contributions
Things named for Gene Amdahl include Amdahl's law[38], a formula[39].
Why It Matters
Entities named for him include Amdahl's law[38], a formula[39].
FAQs
Where was Gene Amdahl born?
Gene Amdahl was born in Flandreau[2].
Where did Gene Amdahl die?
Gene Amdahl died in Palo Alto[4].
Who was Gene Amdahl married to?
Gene Amdahl's spouses include Marian Quissell[11].
What did Gene Amdahl do for work?
Gene Amdahl worked as a physicist[5], engineer[6], computer scientist[7], entrepreneur[8], and businessperson[9].
Where did Gene Amdahl go to school?
Gene Amdahl was educated at South Dakota State University[16] and University of Wisconsin–Madison[17].
What awards did Gene Amdahl receive?
Honors received include IBM Fellow[20], Eckert–Mauchly Award[21], Computer History Museum Fellow[22], and Harry H. Goode Memorial Award[23].