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Gene Amdahl

1922 - 2015

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gene Amdahl is the 552nd most popular physicist (down from 506th in 2019), the 5,173rd most popular biography from United States (down from 4,053rd in 2019) and the 115th most popular American Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Gene Amdahl ranks 552 out of 851. Before him are Gilbert Walker, John Robison, Ludvig Faddeev, Gunnar Nordström, Woldemar Voigt, and Giovanni Battista Beccaria. After him are Robert H. Dicke, Philip Morrison, Richard Mollier, Ursula Franklin, Knut Ångström, and Giuseppe Occhialini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Gene Amdahl ranks 223. Before him are Tetsurō Tamba, Eugene Stoner, Mariano Gonzalvo, Hilarion Capucci, Ester Mägi, and Étienne Gailly. After him are Vladimir Etush, Micheline Ostermeyer, Sabino Barinaga, Tom Finney, Ja'afar of Negeri Sembilan, and Pio Laghi. Among people deceased in 2015, Gene Amdahl ranks 207. Before him are Angelo Anquilletti, Veijo Meri, Daevid Allen, Guy Béart, Evelyn Furtsch, and Tignous. After him are Patachou, Nora Brockstedt, Ants Antson, Wendell Ford, Nicolae Rainea, and Roberto M. Levingston.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gene Amdahl ranks 5,173 out of 20,380. Before him are Jonathan Winters (1925), Fay Bainter (1893), Andreas Katsulas (1946), Reuben Fine (1914), Don Schollander (1946), and Bob Gale (1951). After him are Doris Roberts (1925), Embeth Davidtz (1965), Stephen P. Synnott (1946), James Russell Lowell (1819), Sidney M. Gutierrez (1951), and Solange Knowles (1986).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United States

Among physicists born in United States, Gene Amdahl ranks 115. Before him are David J. Griffiths (1942), Maurice Karnaugh (1924), Leona Woods (1919), Ira Sprague Bowen (1898), Gerard K. O'Neill (1927), and Grote Reber (1911). After him are Robert H. Dicke (1916), Philip Morrison (1915), Samuel T. Cohen (1921), Eric Allin Cornell (1961), Wallace Clement Sabine (1868), and Norman Holter (1914).

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