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Amdahl Corporation

Amdahl Corporation, founded by Dr. Gene Amdahl in 1970, and specializing in IBM mainframe compatible computer products, has been a wholly owned subsidiary of Fujitsu since 1997. The company is located in Sunnyvale, California.

Amdahl Corp. launched its first product, the Amdahl 470 V6, in 1975, competing directly against IBM's high-end machines of the System/360 family (which Amdahl had designed when he worked for IBM) and the successor System/370 range. At the time of its introduction, the 470 V6 was less expensive and faster than IBM's similar offerings. At the turn of the millennium, Amdahl Corp. and IBM were still the main competitors in this part of the market. As of 2004, Amdahl Corp. offers the Millennium and OmniFlex servers, compatible with the IBM zSeries (System/390) in 31-bit mode.¹

Gene Amdahl left the company in 1980, after a year as Chairman Emeritus, to start new IT enterprises.

Notes

1. In late 2000, Fujitsu/Amdahl announced they would not develop a 64-bit S/390 compatible processor, based on perceived industry trends judged to show a declining S/390 market. IBM has decided the future S/390 market is promising enough to demand a 64-bit architecture.

External links

• System/390 Compatible Servers overview from Fujitsu Computer Systems

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