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ampere The ampere (, ; symbol: A), often shortened to amp,SI supports only the use of symbols and deprecates the use of abbreviations for units. is the unit of electric current in the International System of Units (SI). One ampere is equal to elect ...

or amp (symbol A) is the base unit of electric current in the International System of Units. Ampere or Ampère may also refer to:

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André-Marie Ampère André-Marie Ampère (, ; ; 20 January 177510 June 1836) was a French physicist and mathematician who was one of the founders of the science of classical electromagnetism, which he referred to as "electrodynamics". He is also the inventor of nu ...

(1775–1836), physicist, mathematician and namesake of the ampere unit *

Jean-Jacques Ampère Jean-Jacques Ampère (12 August 1800 – 27 March 1864) was a French philologist and man of letters. Born in Lyon, he was the only son of the physicist André-Marie Ampère (1775–1836). Jean-Jacques' mother died while he was an infant. (But ...

(1800–1864), French philologist

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* Ampére, a town in Paraná state, Brasil *

Aïn Azel The commune of Aïn Azel is fifty kilometres south of Sétif in Algeria, and is at the frontier between Sétif Province and Batna Province. The population of Aïn Azel is estimated to be around 37,970 people (2008). Origin of the name The name "Aï ...

, a commune in Algeria, former name Ampère *

Collège-lycée Ampère The Collège-lycée Ampère is a famous school located in the 2nd arrondissement of Lyon. History It was founded in 1519 by members of the Brotherhood of the Trinity. It was then known under the name of Collège de la Trinité. Under this name it ...

, a school in Lyon, France * Place Ampère, a square in Lyon, France *

Ampère Seamount Ampère Seamount is a seamount in the Atlantic Ocean, south-west of Portugal and west of Morocco. It is located at 35°02'N and 12°54'W. This seamount is about 90 x 40 km, its base is at a depth of approximately . The summit topography ...

, a Seamount in the Atlantic Ocean 600km from Gibraltar

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Ampere (company) Ampere is the provisional name of a proposed electric vehicle and software company to be spun off from Groupe Renault as part of the third phase of its "Renaulution" recovery plan. In such plan, Ampere is set to develop and supply vehicles, init ...

, electric vehicle subsidiary of Renault * Ampère (car), a French automobile, built 1906–1909 * Ampere station, a former rail station in East Orange, New Jersey, US * , a patrol craft of the US Navy * , the world's first battery electric ferry

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Ampere (microarchitecture) Ampere is the codename for a graphics processing unit (GPU) microarchitecture developed by Nvidia as the successor to both the Volta and Turing architectures, officially announced on May 14, 2020. It is named after French mathematician and p ...

, a microarchitecture used in Nvidia GPUs *

Ampère Prize The Prix Ampère de l’Électricité de France is a scientific prize awarded annually by the French Academy of Sciences. Founded in 1974 in honor of André-Marie Ampère to celebrate his 200th birthday in 1975, the award is granted to one or m ...

, a French scientific prize awarded annually in honor of André-Marie Ampère *

Ampere (band) Ampere is a screamo band based in Amherst, Massachusetts known for their short (10–15 minutes) but extremely loud and intense live shows. The band has put the importance of DIY punk ethics at the forefront of their lyrics and are known for the ...

, an American punk band known for short and extremely loud performances *

Ampere Computing Ampere Computing LLC is an American fabless semiconductor company based in Santa Clara, California that develops cloud native server microprocessors (CNPs). Ampere also has offices in: Portland, Oregon; Taipei, Taiwan; Raleigh, North Carolina; B ...

, an American semiconductor company * Ampere WS-1, a short-lived Japanese laptop based on the Motorola 68000

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