Amdahl may refer to:
People
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Einar Amdahl (1888-1974), Norwegian theologist
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Bjarne Amdahl (1903-1968), Norwegian pianist and composer
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Douglas K. Amdahl (1919–2010), American lawyer and judge from Minnesota
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Gene Amdahl
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 ...
(1922–2015), formulator of
Amdahl's law
In computer architecture, Amdahl's law (or Amdahl's argument) is a formula which gives the theoretical speedup in latency of the execution of a task at fixed workload that can be expected of a system whose resources are improved. It states tha ...
of parallel computing and founder of Amdahl Corporation
Companies
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Amdahl Corporation
Amdahl Corporation was an information technology company which specialized in IBM mainframe-compatible computer products, some of which were regarded as supercomputers competing with those from Cray Research. Founded in 1970 by Gene Amdahl, a for ...
, a manufacturer of IBM-mainframe-compatible computers
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