Gene Amdahl
IBM Fellow Emeritus
Father of Mainframes
1922–2015

Today we celebrate the life and legacy of our colleague and true pioneer, Gene Amdahl.  As the Father of the System/360 Mainframe, his work changed the way the world works—from how we shop and travel to exploring the moon. He even formulated the law for parallel computing, upholding his reach on technology from the dawn of the computing age to the cognitive era and beyond.

9 years ago

“True knowledge and independent opinion must come from science.”

Sun Yat-sen
First President
People’s Republic of China

No. 27 of 30  | View the poster

9 years ago

“The world’s most difficult problems will be solved by a combination of humans and computers coming together.“

Sean Gourley
Founder
Quid

No. 26 of 30  | View the poster

9 years ago

“I can’t wait for our machines to grow up, to get more poetry and humor. This should be the art project of the century.”

Professor Thomas A. Bass
University at Albany
Author, The Spy Who Loved Us

No. 25 of 30  | View the poster

9 years ago

“Imagine a new tool…that can help us see the world and its possibilities in new ways.”

Mike Rhodin
Senior Vice President
IBM Watson Group

No. 22 of 30  | View the poster

9 years ago