Summer 2026 - AI Hardware Research Intern, Benefits of eDRAM for GPUs (7291)

Overview of Role

 • Expand our in-house analytical GPU framework to make it amenable to workload profiling and validate the updates with Gainsight
• Identify opportunities for eDRAM (including refresh-free operation) according to data types (activation, KV cache, weights) and a set of relevant workloads for multi-GPU (single server) inference
• Identify and contrast the opportunities for LLM prefill and decode separately, considering a long context length
• Benchmark various eDRAM options (1T1C BEOL, 2TGC hybrid, 2TGC BEOL) vs. the SRAM baseline with respect to workload-level inference energy and latency at iso-area and iso-capacity
• Some additional questions:
    • How can we modify the GPU architecture to make the best out of eDRAM?
    • Which AI workloads would benefit the most from eDRAM?
    • What are the architectural and algorithmic options to maximize a refresh-free operation?
    • How much benefit would eDRAM bring into AI training?

Minimum Qualifications

• Ph.D. Student in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science 

Experience on:

• GPU architecture and simulations
• GPU latency and energy evaluations
• Embedded DRAM options
• Generative AI workloads
• AI workload profiling

Preferred Qualifications

• Memory array design
• Understanding of 3D integration schemes

Company Description

As a trusted technology and capacity provider, TSMC is driven by the desire to be:

1. The world’s leading dedicated semiconductor foundry
2. The technology leader with a strong reputation for manufacturing excellence
3. Advancing semiconductor manufacturing innovations to enable the future of technology

TSMC pioneered the pure-play foundry business model when it was founded in 1987 and has been the world’s leading dedicated semiconductor foundry ever since. The Company supports a thriving ecosystem of global customers and partners with the industry’s leading process technologies and a portfolio of design enablement solutions to unleash innovation for the global semiconductor industry. With global operations spanning Asia, Europe, and North America, TSMC serves as a committed corporate citizen around the world. 

In North America, TSMC has a strong sales and service organization that works with customers by helping them achieve silicon success with cutting-edge technologies and manufacturing excellence. The Company has continued to accelerate its R&D investment and staffing in recent years and is expanding its manufacturing footprint to support customer innovation with 3D IC technologies and optimal manufacturing capacity.

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