Senior CPU Architect (R & D)

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 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 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.