Gene Amdahl, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Gene Amdahl

American physicist

Date of Birth: 16-Nov-1922

Place of Birth: Flandreau, South Dakota, United States

Date of Death: 10-Nov-2015

Profession: businessperson, engineer, computer scientist, entrepreneur, physicist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

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.