Frank Gerald Soltis (born 1940), is an American computer scientist. He joined IBM Rochester in 1969, and is most well known for his contributions to the System/38 and IBM AS/400 architectures, in particular - the design of the single-level store used in those platforms, and the RS64 processor architecture.[1] He retired from IBM in 2008 upon the merger of the System i and System p product lines into IBM Power Systems.[2] Prior to his retirement, he held the title of Chief Scientist at IBM.[3]
Career
editIn 1968, Soltis completed his PhD in electrical engineering from Iowa State University.[4] His PhD dissertation was titled "Automatic Allocation of Digital Computer Storage Resources for Time-sharing".[5]
In November 1968, he took a position with IBM in Rochester, Minnesota. Soltis led the design of the "Amazon" instruction set architecture, an extended version of the 64-bit PowerPC architecture; the Amazon architecture is implemented by the RS64, POWER4, and POWER5 processors used in the IBM iSeries and pSeries computers.
In the 1990s and early 2000s, in addition to his IBM responsibilities, Soltis served as an adjunct professor of electrical engineering at the University of Minnesota where he taught graduate courses on high performance computer design.[6][7]
Soltis retired from IBM on December 31, 2008[8] after 40 years with the company.
In February 2009, Vision Solutions announced that Soltis had joined their Technology Advisory Board.[3]
Soltis' By Design column appears in iPro Developer magazine.[9] His books include Inside the AS/400 and Fortress Rochester, The Inside Story of the IBM iSeries.
Books
edit- Soltis, Frank G. (1997). Inside the AS/400, Duke Press. ISBN 1-882419-66-9
- Soltis, Frank G. (2001). Fortress Rochester: the Inside Story of the IBM iSeries, NEWS/400 Books. ISBN 1-58304-083-8
References
edit- ^ Woodie, Alex (23 November 2020). "Frank Soltis Discusses A Possible Future for Single-Level Storage". itjungle.com. IT Jungle. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
- ^ Woodie, Alex (2008-12-08). "Soltis Exiting IBM, But He's Not Leaving the '400". itjungle.com. Retrieved 2021-03-15.
- ^ a b "Vision Solutions Names Dr. Frank Soltis to Advisory Board" (PDF). VisionSolutions.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-02-11. Retrieved 2009-02-12.
- ^ "Department of Computer Science - Alumni Database". Iowa State University. Archived from the original on 2008-05-12. Retrieved 2008-07-01.
- ^ Soltis, Frank Gerald (1968). "Automatic Allocation of Digital Computer Storage Resources for Time-sharing". Iowa State University. doi:10.31274/rtd-180813-4787.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "The AS/400's Grandfather Talks Past, Present, and Future". ITJungle Volume 17, Number 25 -- June 23, 2008. Archived from the original on September 4, 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-23.
- ^ University of Minnesota Institute of Technology Bulletin (1997-99) at http://www.catalogs.umn.edu/archive/tcarchive/it4.pdf#page=5
- ^ "Frank Soltis Calls It Quits". iprodeveloper.com. Retrieved 2012-07-26.
- ^ "By Design". iPro Developer. Archived from the original on 2012-04-28. Retrieved 2008-04-15.