GPU Power/Performance Architect - 99382

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Radeon Power and Performance GPU Power/Perf Architect

The Role: 

• Drive/analyze power/performance data over post-silicon, emulation & competitive platforms to identify opportunities for critical perf/power improvement. Work closely with GFX & sub-system architects for integration in future RDNA/CDNA products

Responsibilities:

• Leverage diagnostics’ & real workloads to enable sub-system competitive analysis and identify opportunities for perf/power improvement.
• Define perf/power studies & work closely with architects to analyze & implement them on future products
• Develop simulation, emulation, and silicon measurement strategies to validate SoC and platform level performance power efficiency for variety of workloads.
• Define new tests, test benches that can isolate performance power inefficiencies.
• Analyze performance and power results (from simulation, emulation, and/or silicon). Root cause correlation issues, and/or design inefficiency.
• Work with verification and hardware emulation teams to better leverage hardware emulation platforms for GPU performance and power validation.

Requirements:

• Prior hands-on GPU/CPU hardware experience; GPU is a plus
• Fairly knowledgeable in [functional, performance, and/or power] analysis methodologies.
• Pre-silicon and/or post silicon debug experience.
• Excellent knowledge of verilog, C, C++ and a scripting language; experience with Perl and python is a plus
• Strong understanding of SOC architecture
• M.S./BS with 5+ years of applicable experience or PhDs with suitable research experience
• Prior knowledge of OpenGL/OpenCL/DirectX is a plus
• Strong analytical/problem solving skills and pronounced attention to details.
• Must be a self-starter, and able to independently drive tasks to completion
• Prior knowledge of PTPX or Power Artist is a plus

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Requisition Number: 99382 
Country: United States State: California City: Santa Clara 
Job Function: Design  

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