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Advanced Microdevices Pvt. Ltd. (India) · 6 hours ago

CPU Core Verification Engineer

Austin, TX

Full-time

Hybrid

Mid Level

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. is a company focused on building products that enhance computing experiences across various domains. They are seeking a CPU Core Verification Engineer to work on functional verification of x86 microprocessor cores, creating verification models and plans that will impact products in the global x86 market.

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Responsibilities

Defining and implementing golden reference architectural models of X86 instructions in an instruction set reference model

Enabling tools and flows to deliver instruction set reference models to core verification teams and as documentation into X86 architectural manuals

Working with core architects regarding specifications for new ISA instructions and other customer visible features added to the CPU core

Writing instruction set reference model code using programming languages (C++/Python etc.) with ability to support new ISA features over CPU core generations and core variants in a generation

Defining and implementing plans including stimulus, checking and functional coverage plans for instruction set reference model testing

Debugging regression fails and fixing verification issues

Providing tools for architectural coverage models based on the instruction set reference model

Developing stimulus with x86 Assembly and/or AMD's internal ISA exercisers

Writing X86 assembly tests or using random exerciser tests to test instruction set reference model

Ability to model architectural and micro-architectural details at various levels of abstraction

Analyzing functional coverage and closing holes

Qualification

Microprocessor architectureX86ARM ArchitectureC++ programmingFunctional verificationPythonVerilog simulationX86 Assembly languageUNIX environmentAnalytical skillsProblem-solving skillsCommunication skillsTeam player