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Amdahl Corporation, founded by Dr. Gene Amdahl in 1970, and specializing in IBM mainframe compatible computer products, is 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 and the successor System/370 range. At the time of its introduction, the 470 V6 was both less expensive and faster than IBM's similar offerings. Amdahl Corp. and IBM is still the main competitors in this part of the market. In 2000, Amdahl Corp. introduced the OmniFlex Series 1000, an IBM System/390 compatible server focusing on scalability.

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

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