• Intel preps CPUs with ‘Unified Core’ architecture - job listing hints at evolution beyond Intel’s hybrid design Senior CPU verification engineer needed for Intel’s Unified Cores products. • Get Tom’s Hardware’s best news and in-depth reviews, straight to your inbox. • You are now subscribed Your newsletter sign-up was successful Intel is working on processors featuring the so-called ‘Unified Cores’ and these CPUs are at least three or four years away, or may be more, based on a new job listing that Intel posted over at LinkedIn. • The company is looking for a senior CPU verification engineer who will verify silicon design of processors featuring Unified Cores while working with architects and RTL designers, which gives us an idea about the stage of the project. • “Intel’s Unified Core team is looking to add a CPU functional verification engineer to their Silicon and Platform Engineering group,” a statement at LinkedIn reads. • “You will be part of the CPU functional verification team within SPE.” Intel is looking for a “a highly motivated senior CPU verification engineer” for its Unified Core design team, who will be responsible for ensuring functional correctness of CPU logic designs using severe pre-silicon verification procedures.
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- Intel has posted a LinkedIn job for a senior CPU verification engineer to work on its “Unified Core” architecture, signalling a new direction beyond the company’s current hybrid CPU design. The role involves verifying silicon logic for x86 processors, collaborating closely with CPU architects and RTL designers, and using Synopsys simulators and assembly skills. The posting indicates the Unified Core project is still in active development, with architecture and RTL evolving concurrently, and is likely three to four years from market release. The position underscores Intel’s focus on early, continuous verification throughout the design cycle.
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