Silicon Architecture Graduate Intern

Intel Intel · Semiconductors · California, Santa Clara, United States +3

Internship role focused on silicon architecture, performance analysis, and ISA evaluation. Involves running benchmarks, analyzing instruction patterns, and evaluating experimental ISA features using simulators and tracing techniques. Requires graduate studies in computer science or engineering with a focus on computer architecture.

What you'd actually do

  1. Contributes to the definition and architecture of silicon solutions including hardware, firmware, and platform specifications based on requirements, features, and integration of hardware and software
  2. May assist in modeling and simulation to analyze performance, power, and feature trade offs across interconnected subsystems to guide architectural decisions and ensure alignment with product goals
  3. Collaborates with architects, design engineers, and validation teams to support early-stage feasibility and specification development
  4. Work on new performance ISA evaluation and performance analysis, including:
  5. Running of benchmarks compiled with prototype compilers on silicon and performance simulators utilizing tracing techniques

Skills

Required

  • master’s degree in computer science or computer engineering
  • PhD in Computer Science or Computer Engineering
  • computer architecture knowledge
  • Programming in C/C++
  • High-level modeling of CPU cores, core components (e.g. caches), or systems
  • Assembly language programming, code generation, or other low-level software experience

Nice to have

  • Research publications demonstrating contributions to the field of computer architecture
  • Broad exposure to computer architecture literature through coursework, conferences, peer reviews, reading groups, etc.
  • Knowledge of x86 architecture
  • Familiarity with compiler internals and low-level software optimization

What the JD emphasized

  • computer architecture knowledge
  • major class project or thesis relevant to computer architecture