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
In 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]
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
Soltis, Frank G. (1997). Inside the AS/400, Duke Press. Шаблон:ISBN
Soltis, Frank G. (2001). Fortress Rochester: the Inside Story of the IBM iSeries, NEWS/400 Books. Шаблон:ISBN
