Nov 16, 2015
“If x of a program is inherently sequential, the maximum attainable speedup is 1/x” (Amdahl’s law)
INSIDE THE INVENTIVE MIND Gene Amdahl IBM Fellow Emeritus “Father of Mainframes” Author of parallel computing law
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“If x of a program is inherently sequential, the maximum attainable speedup is 1/x” (Amdahl’s law)
INSIDE THE INVENTIVE MIND Gene Amdahl IBM Fellow Emeritus “Father of Mainframes” Author of parallel computing law
Jim Sexton. IBM Fellow 2015. Department Manager, Data Centric Systems.
http://www.ibm.com/ibm/ideasfromibm/us/ibm_fellows/2015/james_sexton.html
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JOHN, the vision visionary. [1,l] CHITRA, the difference maker. [1,r] JING, the analytics oracle. [2,l] MICKEY, the master builder. [2,r] BALA, the cloud connoisseur .[3,l] JAMES, the high-performance machine. [3,r] MICHAEL, the cloud cultivator. [4,l]] DONNA, the System Z zealot. [4,r] STEVE, the Power player. [5,l] BERNI, the Big Data big man. [5,r]
Also known as IBM Fellows. Congrats to the Class of ’15.
Ask A Mad Scientist Anything—Now!
IBM Fellow and Mad Scientist John Cohn is hosting a Reddit AMA (Ask me Anything) live from Reddit HQ (Thanks for hosting us, Victoria). And we have have loads to talk about...He's a maker, building things like a mobile ferris wheel art car at Burning Man and a 30-foot light-up keyboard for Phish’s Mike Gordon. Over at IBM, he led the development of the "brains" that power gaming chips and is most recently consumed with the Internet of Things. He's also survived a Discovery Channel reality TV show. So come on by and Ask A Mad Scientist Anything now!