CPU Performance Architect, Platform Architecture

Apple Inc

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Work type: On-site
Location: Austin, TX
Posted: 158 days ago
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TL;DR · CPU Performance Architect, Platform Architecture

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As a CPU Performance Architect, Platform Architecture, you will join the CPU Platform Architecture team to drive advanced exploration for next-generation iPhone, iPad, Mac, and server CPU designs. You will focus on the memory subsystem, defining and optimizing CPU and cache micro-architecture while identifying performance bottlenecks in single-threaded and multi-threaded workloads. Your daily responsibilities include collaborating with SoC designers to assess feasibility through modeling, refining ideas, and improving the simulation environment for data-driven decisions. The role requires expertise in CPU and SoC architecture, performance simulation environments, and object-oriented programming in C/C++. You will also utilize scripting languages like Perl or Python. Relevant technical knowledge includes memory latency tolerance techniques, prefetching, caching policies, SIMD, vector architectures, and multi-processor performance to solve complex microarchitecture challenges across various product categories.

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SoC Architecture Performance Modeling RTL C C++ Python Perl Memory Subsystem Prefetching SIMD Accelerator Architectures Data Structures Algorithms

What you'll do

Define and optimize CPU and cache micro-architecture for next-generation mobile and server products.
Identify performance bottlenecks in single-threaded and multi-threaded workloads across various product categories.
Evaluate architectural ideas by assessing feasibility through modeling and refining model correlation.
Develop and improve the simulation environment to enable data-driven design decisions.
Analyze memory subsystem performance, including prefetching and caching policies.
Collaborate with SoC designers to translate high-level architecture ideas into feasible RTL designs.
Conduct research-driven analysis to identify opportunities for improving CPU performance and power efficiency.

What we're looking for

Experience in CPU and SoC architecture and micro-architecture.
Experience with performance simulation environments.
Object-oriented programming experience in C/C++.
Experience in a scripting language such as Perl or Python.
Knowledge of memory latency tolerance techniques or other aspects of CPU memory subsystem (preferred).
20+ years of relevant industry experience (preferred).
MS or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science (preferred).

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