CPU Architecture and RTL Design
Cambridge, United KingdomFull-timePosted 2mo ago
About the role
Role focused on RTL design and microarchitecture for AMD’s next-generation CPU cores, with emphasis on caches and memory subsystem, collaboration across hardware/software teams, and post-silicon support.
Responsibilities
- Execute on RTL design and coding for various sections of the processor core pipeline primarily focused on Caches (memory subsytem) and related logic.
- Collaborate with a team of hardware and software engineers to define the high-level architecture.
- Participate in the definition of microarchitecture of next-generation high-performance processor cores.
- Contribute to design verification, synthesis, power reduction, timing convergence, and floorplan efforts.
- Post silicon support to ensure successful bring up
Qualifications
- Applicable industry experience in Silicon design in CPU realm.
- RTL development with industry tools in a CPU environment.
- Experience with high performance CPU design and microarchitecture.
- Demonstrates knowledge in the following: Processor architecture Logic design.
- RTL coding experience for a high-speed processor
- Power-saving techniques
- Exposure to physical design and verification methods
- Awareness of synthesis, place and route, and timing closure concepts
- Development experience from clean-sheet design to product tape out to post-silicon debug
- Proven experience with microarchitecture development, as demonstrated by patents, publications, product features
- Strong problem-solving and debugging skills
- Bachelors or Masters degree in computer engineering/Electrical Engineering
Skills
Required:RTL design and codingCPU microarchitectureQuality verification, synthesis, timing, floorplanning
Nice to have:Post-silicon bring-up
Benefits
- Benefits offered are described: AMD benefits at a glance.
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