Gene Amdahl

Gene Amdahl
Amdahl addressing a UW–Madison Alumni gathering, March 13, 2008
Born	(1922-11-16)November 16, 1922 Flandreau, South Dakota, U.S.
Died	November 10, 2015(2015-11-10) (aged 92) Palo Alto, California, U.S.
Alma mater	South Dakota State University (BS, 1948) University of Wisconsin (MS; PhD, 1952)
Known for	Founding Amdahl Corporation; formulating Amdahl's law; IBM 360, 704
Spouse	Marian Delaine Quissell
Children	Andrea Leigh Amdahl Beth Delaine Amdahl Carlton Gene Amdahl
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)
Doctoral advisor	Robert G. Sachs

Gene Myron Amdahl (November 16, 1922 – November 10, 2015) 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.