Staff Physical Design Engineer – CPU PPA Optimization
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We are seeking a Physical Design Engineer to drive CPU power, performance, and area (PPA) optimization at advanced technology nodes. You will be responsible for physical implementation, collaborating with RTL, and logic design teams to deliver high-performance, and power-efficient processors.
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Original posting: aheadcomputing.com
RISC-V ecosystem
Ahead Computing in the RISC-V ecosystem
RISC-V International: Strategic Start-Up
AheadComputing is a company founded by engineers with over 80 years of experience in delivering popular microprocessors.
- Building general-purpose RISC-V CPU cores; positions its solution as "RISC-V Without Compromise"
- CEO Dr. Debbie Marr blog post "Why We Chose RISC-V to win" (Jun 2026)
- Announced $21.5M raise (Apr 2026) to advance the work
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