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

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  • Amdahl Corporation was founded by Dr. Gene Amdahl, a former IBM employee, in 1970, and specializes in IBM mainframe-compatible computer products. It has been a wholly owned subsidiary of Fujitsu since 1997. The company is located in Sunnyvale, California. Amdahl was a major supplier of large mainframe computers, and later of UNIX and Open systems software and servers, data storage subsystems, data communications products, application development software, and a variety of educational and consulting services. In the 1970s, when IBM had come to dominate the mainframe industry, Amdahl created plug-compatible machines that could be used with the same hardware and software as offerings from IBM, but were more cost-effective. These machines gave "Big Blue" some of the little competition it had in that very high-margin computer market segment. Proverbially, during this time savvy IBM customers liked to have Amdahl coffee mugs visible in their offices when IBM salespeople came to visit. While winning about 8% of the mainframe business worldwide, Amdahl won a position of market leader in some regions, most notably Charlotte, North Carolina. In the early to mid-1990s, Amdahl won most of the major contracts for mainframes in the Carolinas.
  • Amdahl Corporation était une société américaine fondée par Gene Amdahl en 1970, spécialisée dans les ordinateurs compatibles IBM. Amdahl a été un constructeur majeur de mainframes et plus tard de systèmes Unix, de systèmes de stockage et de télécommunications. Amdahl a été un concurrent important d'IBM et a détenu jusqu'à 8% du marché des mainframes. Gene Amdahl a quitté l'entreprise en 1980, et la société a été rachetée par Fujitsu en 1997.
  • アムダール (Amdahl Corporation) は、1970年、IBMの元従業員ジーン・アムダール博士が設立した企業。IBMメインフレームの互換コンピュータを製造した。1997年以降、富士通の完全子会社である。本拠地はカリフォルニア州サニーヴェール。 アムダールは大型メインフレームの主要供給業者であった。後にUNIXなどオープンシステムソフトウェアとサーバ、ストレージサブシステム、データ通信製品、アプリケーション開発ソフトウェア、各種教育およびコンサルティングなどを商品としている。1970年代、IBMはメインフレーム市場をほぼ独占するようになり、アムダールはプラグ互換で低価格のマシンで「ビッグブルー」にある程度対抗した。事情通のIBMの顧客はIBMのセールスマンが来たときにアムダールのロゴ入りマグカップをわざと持たせて楽しんだという。
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  • Amdahl Corporation was founded by Dr. Gene Amdahl, a former IBM employee, in 1970, and specializes in IBM mainframe-compatible computer products. It has been a wholly owned subsidiary of Fujitsu since 1997. The company is located in Sunnyvale, California.
  • Amdahl Corporation était une société américaine fondée par Gene Amdahl en 1970, spécialisée dans les ordinateurs compatibles IBM. Amdahl a été un constructeur majeur de mainframes et plus tard de systèmes Unix, de systèmes de stockage et de télécommunications. Amdahl a été un concurrent important d'IBM et a détenu jusqu'à 8% du marché des mainframes. Gene Amdahl a quitté l'entreprise en 1980, et la société a été rachetée par Fujitsu en 1997.
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