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Senior CPU HW Performance Architect – CPU Microarchitecture / Performance Modelling / C++ / Python / Workload Analysis / PPA
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Senior CPU HW Performance Architect – CPU Microarchitecture / Performance Modelling / C++ / Python / Workload Analysis / PPA
We are currently partnered with a leading global technology organisation with a major research and development presence in Cambridge, developing next-generation high-performance processor technologies. As part of their continued investment in advanced CPU design, they are looking to appoint a Senior CPU HW Performance Architect to join their CPU Performance team and contribute to the development of next-generation high-performance CPU cores.
Key responsibilities
- Define next-generation CPU microarchitectures and high-level architectural specifications
- Collaborate closely with hardware and software teams to translate system requirements into CPU architectural capabilities
- Develop, maintain, and refine cycle-accurate CPU simulators and functional simulation models
- Build performance models to evaluate new microarchitectural concepts and design alternatives
- Propose innovative CPU microarchitecture features and assess their potential impact
- Evaluate architectural concepts across performance, power, and area (PPA)
- Profile representative workloads to identify CPU and system-level bottlenecks
- Perform sensitivity analysis to understand workload response to different architectural parameters
- Use performance modelling and workload analysis to guide CPU optimisation decisions
- Investigate performance limitations and develop data-driven recommendations for architectural improvements
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Key requirements
- BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical discipline, combined with significant relevant industry experience, or a PhD
- 6+ years of relevant professional experience in CPU architecture, performance engineering, processor design, or a related field
- Strong understanding of modern CPU microarchitecture
- Deep expertise in CPU architecture and microarchitecture
- Experience taking new microarchitectural concepts or innovations from initial research through implementation and towards silicon
- Hands-on experience developing and using cycle-accurate CPU simulators
- Experience building functional simulators and performance models
Keywords
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