Computer Architecture and Amdahl's Law

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Authors

Gene M. Amdahl · University of Westminster

Abstract

An autobiographical overview of Gene Amdah's professional career reviews his early achievements and describes for the first time some important details of his talk at the 1967 Spring Joint Computer Conference in Atlantic City and the heated discussions that followed. The author provides much-needed clarifications, most notably his original performance formula as presented nearly 50 years ago.

Topics & Keywords

Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques Embedded Systems Design Techniques Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Sustainable cities and communities

Publication Details

Published in: Computer

Volume 46, Issue 12, pp. 38-46

DOI: 10.1109/mc.2013.418

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