CPU Performance Architect, Platform Architecture
Core
Designing and optimizing next-generation CPU micro-architectures for iPhone, iPad, and Mac to improve latency and pipeline efficiency.
Role type
Senior IC CPU Performance Architect
Builds
Next-generation CPU architectures for Apple devices
Domain
Consumer electronics / CPU micro-architecture
Required skills
CPU micro-architecture design, performance bottleneck analysis, C/C++ simulation, scripting (Perl/Python), timing/power optimization, system constraints management
Preferred skills
SIMD/vector architecture knowledge, OS internals, compiler technologies, data structures/algorithms, software design patterns
Technologies
C/C++, Perl, Python
Responsibilities
Collect data and measurements to validate or rule out performance ideas, collaborate with RTL designers to assess feasibility via modeling, analyze single-threaded and multi-threaded workloads to identify bottlenecks, maintain simulation environments for data-driven decisions
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
