Senior CPU Performance Architect
Core
Define and deliver end-to-end CPU microarchitecture specifications for high-performance and low-power processors, optimizing performance, scalability, and efficiency across enterprise and edge computing segments.
Role type
Senior CPU Performance Architect (IC)
Builds
High-performance CPU microarchitectures for Intel silicon
Domain
Semiconductor / High-performance Computing
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
CPU microarchitecture design, cycle-accurate C++ performance simulation, microarchitecture modeling, RTL debugging, assembly programming, performance bottleneck analysis, hardware/software interoperability, branch prediction, fetch/decode, rename/allocation, memory subsystem design
Preferred skills
Microarchitecture exploration for IPC improvement, pathfinding from definition to silicon, performance scenario definition, object-oriented programming (C++/STL), scripting languages, RTL debugging
Technologies
C++, STL, RTL, cycle-accurate simulators
Responsibilities
Develop end-to-end CPU microarchitecture specifications; evaluate feasibility tradeoffs and define novel microarchitectures; model CPU performance and power characteristics; collaborate with design and verification teams; debug performance miscorrelation between models and silicon; resolve complex microarchitecture issues
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
