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.
Salary available is dependent on experience: circa £100k and above
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
* ISA architectures / ISA extensions
* MIPS
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.