Senior CPU Architect

IC Resources; Cambridgeshire and Peterborough; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in semiconductor manufacturing seeks a Senior Architect specializing in CPU architecture. The role involves analyzing performance, optimizing applications, and implementing new instructions. Ideal candidates will possess deep knowledge of modern CPU architectures and relevant ISA experience.

Qualifications

• Deep understanding of modern CPU architectures.
• Experience with Aarch64 or X86 instruction sets.
• Background in performance analysis and workload characterization.

Responsibilities

• Performance analysis of applications for proposing new instructions.
• Optimization of critical application parts for new ISA support.
• Implementing new instructions in performance simulators.

Skills

Collaboration

Interpersonal Skills

Tools

GEM5

QEMU

DynamoRIO

x86 PIN

Job description

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This is a key position as a senior architect - to work on the latest developments in CPU architecture - for improvements in processing power, performance and optimisation.

Main Responsibilities

• Performance analysis of applications of interest to propose new instructions and ISA extensions.
• Reworking and optimization of critical parts of applications to support new ISA.
• Implementation of proposed new instructions or uArch tweaks in performance simulator for evaluation of possible performance benefits.

Requirement

• Deep understanding of modern CPU architectures
• Knowledge and experience of using of latest Aarch64 or X86 instruction sets.
• Background in performance analysis, profiling and workload characterization.
• Excellent collaboration and interpersonal skills

Considered as a plus

• Experience in developing and using performance simulators like GEM5 (O3 model), Sniper or others is a big plus.
• Experience in developing and using dynamic binary instrumentation infrastructures like QEMU or DynamoRIO or x86 PIN is a plus.
• Knowledge of NPU/GPU architecture
• Experience in simulator development for NPU/GPU
• Experience in implementing instructions in the ARM/x86 architecture is preferred.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Industries

  Semiconductor Manufacturing

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