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With a global manufacturing footprint spanning three continents, GF makes possible the technologies and systems that transform industries and give customers the power to shape their markets. For more information, visit www.gf.com.\nSummary of Role:\nWe are seeking an experienced CPU IP Design Engineer. Responsible for Defining, leading and owning RTL development of our latest AI-enabled RISC-V CPU core. The candidate will be responsible for all aspects of the design including Functional Features, Performance, Power, and Area.\nEssential Responsibilities:\nDrive the micro-architecture and design of critical blocks of the CPU core\nDesign of RISC-V Vector CPU core and its custom extensions\nDesign of AI-enabled Matrix engine to augment the Vector CPU\nExplore high-performance strategies working with the CPU modeling team\nPerform Microarchitecture development and specification- from early high-level architectural exploration, through microarchitectural research and arrive at detailed specifications\nConfigure Design Features Development, assessment, and refinement of RTL design to target power, performance, area, and timing goals\nPerform Functional verification support and assist in the design verification strategy\nAssist with the verification of RTL design performance goals\nPartner with a multi-functional engineering team to implement and validate physical design aspects of timing, area, reliability, testability, and power\nOther Responsibilities:\nPerform all activities in a safe and responsible manner and support all Environmental, Health, Safety & Security requirements and programs. \nRequired Qualifications:\nHands-on working knowledge of the pipeline stages of an in-order or out-of-order high-performance CPU core\nThorough knowledge of microprocessor architecture including expertise in one or more of the following areas:\n* Instruction fetch and decode, branch prediction techniques\n* Instruction scheduling, register renaming, Reorder Buffer (ROB)\n* Out-of-order execution\n* Integer and Floating-point execution\n* Load/Store execution\n* Instruction and Data Prefetch\n* Vector data path\n* Cache and memory subsystems\nKnowledge of Cache coherency and memory consistency\nKnowledge of System Verilog, Verilog and/or VHDL\nExperience with simulators and waveform debugging tools.\nKnowledge of logic design principles along with timing and power implications\nMaster’s with 10+ years of experience, PhD 5+ years of work experience\nPreferred Qualifications:\nExperience with designing RISC-V, ARM, and/or MIPS CPU\nExperience with Hardware multi-threading, virtualization, and SIMD designs\nExperience with vector and matrix-enabled CPUs, preferably RISC-V processors.\nUnderstanding of high-performance techniques and trade-offs in a CPU microarchitecture\nUnderstanding of low-power microarchitecture techniques\nExperience using a scripting language such as Perl or Python\nUnderstanding of CPU integration at SoC level\nUnderstanding of Safety and Security microarchitecture\nExpected Salary Range\n$171,000.00 - $325,000.00The exact Salary will be determined based on qualifications, experience and location.\nIf you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by email at  let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Requests for accommodation will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Please note that only inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this email address.\nAn offer with GlobalFoundries is conditioned upon the successful completion of pre-employment conditions, as applicable, and subject to applicable laws and regulations.\nGlobalFoundries is fully committed to equal opportunity in the workplace and believes that cultural diversity within the company enhances its business potential. GlobalFoundries goal of excellence in business necessitates the attraction and retention of highly qualified people. 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