Principal CPU Architect / Chief CPU Architect

Cambridgeshire, England £130-150k (and higher, dependent on experience) Job ID: 424900

Rob Hudson

This is a key position as a Principal CPU Architect or Chief CPU Architect (dependent on levels and relevance of experience) – 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 optimisation 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 characterisation
• 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

Please contact Rob Hudson for more information.

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