Sr Performance Analysis Lead - Workload & CPU Arch

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THE ROLE: 

This exciting role revolves around CPU performance analysis and benchmarking. The successful candidate will be engaged in workload analysis, tracing, and silicon analysis. You will be part of AMD’s innovative Microarchitecture and Performance Modeling team, contributing to the cutting-edge technology involved in AMD’s next-generation CPU design decisions. With a robust understanding of the CPU pipeline and microarchitecture, you will utilize your skills to analyze and improve CPU performance and correlate architecture with simulator models.   

THE PERSON:  

You are passionate about CPU architecture and microarchitecture details. As a team player, you possess excellent analytical and programming skills, collaborating effectively across various projects. You thrive in a dynamic environment, keen to learn and tackle complex problems. A proactive individual, you are adept at using silicon and tracing tools to deliver insightful result. 

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Perform detailed workload analysis to assess and understand CPU performance.
• Investigate performance gaps between different hardware platforms using silicon counters and code-level analysis.
• Design and develop targeted tests to evaluate hardware performance features.
• Collaborate with architects to refine and enhance CPU microarchitectural features.
• Use silicon analysis tools to debug issues and validate performance results.
• Develop and evaluate new ideas using performance models and simulators.
• Deliver actionable insights from simulations and work with cross-functional teams to address design challenges.
• Drive improvements in CPU microarchitecture through strong performance correlations and optimizations.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE

• Solid understanding of CPU microarchitecture and pipeline.
• Experience with architectural simulators and silicon performance analysis tools.
• Strong analytical and programming skills.
• Knowledge of x86/ARM ISA and code generation.
• Familiarity with performance modeling techniques.
• Exposure to CPU benchmarking and workload analysis.
• Understanding of compiler optimizations (vectorization, inlining, unrolling, tiling, etc.).
• Experience with profiling and performance analysis tools (perf, VTune, uProf, etc.).
• Ability to perform assembly-level performance analysis of compiler-generated code.
• Experience constructing microbenchmarks to isolate and reproduce performance bottlenecks.
• Experience with tracing tools and techniques for analyzing CPU performance at the microarchitectural level

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:  

• Bachelors or Masters degree in computer engineering/Electrical Engineering 

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