CPU Performance and Modeling Engineer

CPU Performance And Modeling Engineer

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In this highly visible role, you will be at the center of a chip design effort working with all disciplines, with a critical impact on getting functional products to millions of customers quickly.

• Collaborate with software and system teams to identify and profile critical workloads for CPU performance and power.
• Develop representative benchmarks for CPU critical workloads.
• Capture key workloads for simulation on CPU performance model.
• Identify hardware and software performance bottlenecks.
• Work closely with the Architecture, Micro-Architecture, and RTL teams in identification of solutions
• Run and analyze workloads on simulators and prototype devices as well as work on developing and automating performance analysis infrastructure.

• BS in Computer/Electrical Engineering preferred
• You should have academic or industry experience in CPU performance architecture, micro-architecture design, or performance analysis.
• Strong CPU architecture knowledge, micro-architecture knowledge, and an understanding of competing architectures
• Academic or industry experience working in a performance modeling environment.
• Proficient in C and C++
• Proficient in scripting languages such as Perl, Python, and Ruby
• Ability to problem solve and prove your own ideas.

• Knowledge and experience with common performance benchmarks and workloads
• Knowledge of OS internals and compiler technology a plus

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