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Qualcomm | Canada | Full Time | Engineer | Remote(Canada)| QEMU

My team is looking to hire a ~entry-level software developer to help us design and extend QEMU support [1] for the Hexagon DSP [2]. We're looking for candidates who have experience coding in C, C++ or Rust* and who aren't afraid of rolling up their sleeves and poring over disassembled code. This particular architecture is a bit more challenging than most, because it's a bit unique. It's a VLIW [3], so it's a great opportunity to learn about an interesting architecture. Millions of Hexagon DSPs are out there, most are found in DragonWing/Snapdragon/DragonFly SoCs for Laptops, Android phones, cars and more!

We collaborate a lot with Open Source communities like QEMU, LLVM [4], the Linux kernel [5], and more. I love being able to work on Open Source software at my day job.

You can contact me directly (email addr is in my HN user link). If you don't have experience with QEMU - don't worry! Most of us didn't have any experience with it until recently, too.

The rest of the team you'd work with lives mostly in Canada, EU, US.

* Rust experience may serve the role well but we don’t (yet) have any product software in Rust.

[1] https://github.com/qemu/qemu/tree/master/target/hexagon

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qualcomm_Hexagon

[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Very_long_instruction_word

[4] https://foundation.llvm.org/sponsors/

[5] https://www.linuxfoundation.org/our-members-are-our-superpow...

You don't want a RISC-V laptop. Not yet, at least. It will take quite some doing before those compete with x86_64/arm laptops.

Beautiful thing about Windows computers is that it's generally not too hard to make them into linux/BSD/etc computers. :)

Qualcomm [1] and some vendors [2][3] are making progress towards linux support though.

[1] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.8-ARM-Changes

[2] https://www.phoronix.com/news/ASUS-Vivbook-S-15-Elite-X-Linu...

[3] https://www.phoronix.com/news/TUXEDO-Snapdragon-X-Elite

I can - it's well documented by the project itself [1].

Very nearly all of the work is done by the test-release.sh script.

[1] https://llvm.org/docs/HowToReleaseLLVM.html

Ok, 18.1.8 uploaded [1] [2].

[1] https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/releases/tag/llvmorg-18...

[2] https://discourse.llvm.org/t/18-1-8-has-been-tagged/79726/10...

> It's kind of wild to see aarch64, armv7, powerpc64, x86_64_windows.. but not something like this.

Yeah, sorry, mostly my fault. I'd been producing these regularly and haven't done as well lately. I'll get one uploaded for 18 soon. :(

A modern history of VLIW should also include mention the Hexagon FSP architecture used by Qualcomm in its SoCs.

With a smaller target market it's probably more sustainable than Itanium was.

Disclaimer: Qualcomm employee working on hexagon toolchain.

Alessandro presented revng at the 2016 llvm Bay area dev conf.

video https://youtu.be/5CbuU4KwBCE?si=eUN_UGr7cjat3P8U

slides https://www.llvm.org/devmtg/2016-11/Slides/DiFederico-rev.ng...

> Perhaps the community will manage to get it to run Linux.

You should expect Qualcomm to contribute support to the kernel for Snapdragon X, as they've done with several predecessor SoCs. I would be surprised if it was not already running Linux inside of Qualcomm.

Of course, Qualcomm's got room for improvement here but IMO they're moving in the right direction.

[disclaimer: I work for qualcomm]

I do. (Disclaimer: I work at qualcomm and am a part of a "dogfooding" effort). It's certainly adequate for the work I'm doing - which involves developing on/for linux, so I'm logging in to the development systems remotely. So locally I'm running things like a browser, IM, MS Outlook.

I'm looking forward to Snapdragon X, there's definitely occasions where it feels like I could use some more local perfomance.

One of the irritating things is that there's no native Chrome release for Windows-on-ARM. MS suggests that we use Edge but I'm quite comfortable with Chrome. So I use Chromium instead and it's great except it seems to be missing some DRM magic or something and therefore anything like gif files or webp and most videos on most websites can't be played back. However youtube does seem to be clever enough to see the browser's limitations and transcode/filter the content to something acceptable to Chromium. If I want to see those videos I switch to Edge.

Qualcomm | Hyderabad, India | Full Time | ONSITE | QEMU

My team is looking to hire a software developer to help us design and extend QEMU support [1] for the Hexagon DSP [2]. We're looking for candidates who have experience coding in C, C++ or Rust* and who aren't afraid of rolling up their sleeves and poring over disassembled code. This particular architecture is a bit more challenging than most, because it's a bit unique. It's a VLIW [3], so it's a great opportunity to learn about an interesting architecture. Millions of Hexagon DSPs are out there, most are found in Snapdragon SoCs for Android phones and more!

We collaborate a lot with Open Source communities like QEMU, LLVM [4], the Linux kernel [5], and more. I love being able to work on Open Source software at my day job.

You can contact me directly (email addr is in my HN user link). If you don't have experience with QEMU - don't worry! Most of us didn't have any experience with it until recently, too.

The rest of the team you'd work with lives mostly in EU, US.

* Rust experience may serve the role well but we don’t (yet) have any product software in Rust.

[1] https://github.com/qemu/qemu/tree/master/target/hexagon

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qualcomm_Hexagon

[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Very_long_instruction_word

[4] https://foundation.llvm.org/docs/sponsors/

[5] https://www.linuxfoundation.org/our-members-are-our-superpow...

> This would be the equivalent for a pro baseball team laying off their entire roster because nobody on the team showed the growth that those in the feeder teams showed

It's been a while but as I recall this kinda thing is roughly the plot of "Moneyball". I don't think.they cut expensive players but they definitely didn't sign new ones who were expensive - instead they focused on players "who get on base".

Qualcomm | Hyderabad, India | Full Time | ONSITE | QEMU

My team is looking to hire a software developer to help us design and extend QEMU support [1] for the Hexagon DSP [2]. We're looking for candidates who have experience coding in C, C++ or Rust* and who aren't afraid of rolling up their sleeves and poring over disassembled code. This particular architecture is a bit more challenging than most, because it's a bit unique. It's a VLIW [3], so it's a great opportunity to learn about an interesting architecture. Millions of Hexagon DSPs are out there, most are found in Snapdragon SoCs for Android phones and more!

We collaborate a lot with Open Source communities like QEMU, LLVM [4], the Linux kernel [5], and more. I love being able to work on Open Source software at my day job.

You can contact me directly (email addr is in my HN user link). If you don't have experience with QEMU - don't worry! Most of us didn't have any experience with it until recently, too.

The rest of the team you'd work with lives mostly in EU, US.

* Rust experience may serve the role well but we don’t (yet) have any product software in Rust.

[1] https://github.com/qemu/qemu/tree/master/target/hexagon

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qualcomm_Hexagon

[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Very_long_instruction_word

[4] https://foundation.llvm.org/docs/sponsors/

[5] https://www.linuxfoundation.org/our-members-are-our-superpow...

Qualcomm | Austin, TX, USA | Full Time | ONSITE | QEMU

https://qualcomm.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External/job/Se...

My team is looking to hire 2 software developers to help us design and extend QEMU support [1] for the Hexagon DSP [2]. We're looking for candidates who have experience coding in C, C++ or Rust* and who aren't afraid of rolling up their sleeves and poring over disassembled code. This particular architecture is a bit more challenging than most, because it's a bit unique. It's a VLIW [3], so it's a great opportunity to learn about an interesting architecture. Millions of Hexagon DSPs are out there, most are found in Snapdragon SoCs for Android phones and more!

We collaborate a lot with Open Source communities like QEMU, LLVM [4], the Linux kernel [5], and more. I love being able to work on Open Source software at my day job.

If you have any questions, you can contact me directly (email addr is in my HN user link). If you don't have experience with QEMU - don't worry! Most of us didn't have any experience with it until recently, too.

All of the team lives locally around Austin. Parts of the team work remotely, and come into the office ~2-5 days/wk. It may be possible to make this position r_emote-and-not-living-near-Austin -- for the right candidate.

* Rust experience may serve the role well but we don’t (yet) have any product software in Rust.

[1] https://github.com/qemu/qemu/tree/master/target/hexagon

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qualcomm_Hexagon

[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Very_long_instruction_word

[4] https://foundation.llvm.org/docs/sponsors/

[5] https://www.linuxfoundation.org/our-members-are-our-superpow...

Qualcomm | Austin, TX, USA | Full Time | ONSITE | QEMU

https://qualcomm.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External/job/Se...

My team is looking to hire 2 software developers to help us design and extend QEMU support [1] for the Hexagon DSP [2]. We're looking for candidates who have experience coding in C, C++ or Rust* and who aren't afraid of rolling up their sleeves and poring over disassembled code. This particular architecture is a bit more challenging than most, because it's a bit unique. It's a VLIW [3], so it's a great opportunity to learn about an interesting architecture. Millions of Hexagon DSPs are out there, most are found in Snapdragon SoCs for Android phones and more!

We collaborate a lot with Open Source communities like QEMU, LLVM [4], the Linux kernel [5], and more. I love being able to work on Open Source software at my day job.

If you have any questions, you can contact me directly (email addr is in my HN user link). If you like the idea of working on stuff like open source toolchains but QEMU is not your thing, let me know. There’s other opportunities too.

All of the team lives locally around Austin. Parts of the team work remotely, and come into the office ~2-5 days/wk. It may be possible to make this position r_emote-and-not-living-near-Austin -- for the right candidate.

* Rust experience may serve the role well but we don’t (yet) have any product software in Rust.

[1] https://github.com/qemu/qemu/tree/master/target/hexagon

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qualcomm_Hexagon

[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Very_long_instruction_word

[4] https://foundation.llvm.org/docs/sponsors/

[5] https://www.linuxfoundation.org/our-members-are-our-superpow...

Please consider applying to the position I posted. Check my comment history, I don't want to pollute this thread.

Qualcomm | Austin, TX, USA | Full Time | ONSITE | QEMU

https://qualcomm.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External/job/Se...

My team is looking to hire 2 software developers to help us design and extend QEMU support [1] for the Hexagon DSP [2]. We're looking for candidates who have experience coding in C, C++ or Rust* and who aren't afraid of rolling up their sleeves and poring over disassembled code. This particular architecture is a bit more challenging than most, because it's a bit unique. It's a VLIW [3], so it's a great opportunity to learn about an interesting architecture. Millions of Hexagon DSPs are out there, most are found in Snapdragon SoCs for Android phones and more!

We collaborate a lot with Open Source communities like QEMU, LLVM [4], the Linux kernel [5], and more. I love being able to work on Open Source software at my day job.

If you have any questions, you can contact me directly (email addr is in my HN user link). If you like the idea of working on stuff like open source toolchains but QEMU is not your thing, let me know. There’s other opportunities too.

All of the team lives locally around Austin. Parts of the team work remotely, and come into the office ~2-5 days/wk. It may be possible to make this position r_emote-and-not-living-near-Austin -- for the right candidate.

* Rust experience may serve the role well but we don’t (yet) have any product software in Rust.

[1] https://github.com/qemu/qemu/tree/master/target/hexagon

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qualcomm_Hexagon

[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Very_long_instruction_word

[4] https://foundation.llvm.org/docs/sponsors/

[5] https://www.linuxfoundation.org/our-members-are-our-superpow...

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> It was an awesome piece of SW that allowed us to recreate the behavior of malware.

If you have experience w/QEMU and you are interested in working on it more, my team is doing work with QEMU. For the most part we have tended to focus on architecture-specific stuff but trying to grow our expertise.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30879312

Qualcomm | Austin, TX, USA | Full Time | ONSITE | QEMU

https://qualcomm.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External/job/Se...

My team is looking to hire 2 software developers to help us design and extend QEMU support [1] for the Hexagon DSP [2]. We're looking for candidates who have experience coding in C, C++ or Rust* and who aren't afraid of rolling up their sleeves and poring over disassembled code. This particular architecture is a bit more challenging than most, because it's a bit unique. It's a VLIW [3], so it's a great opportunity to learn about an interesting architecture. Millions of Hexagon DSPs are out there, most are found in Snapdragon SoCs for Android phones and more!

We collaborate a lot with Open Source communities like QEMU, LLVM [4], the Linux kernel [5], and more. I love being able to work on Open Source software at my day job.

If you have any questions, you can contact me directly (email addr is in my HN user link). If you like the idea of working on stuff like open source toolchains but QEMU is not your thing, let me know. There’s other opportunities too.

All of the team lives locally around Austin. Parts of the team work remotely, and come into the office ~2 days/wk. It may be possible to make this position r_emote-and-not-living-near-Austin -- for the right candidate.

* Rust experience may serve the role well but we don’t (yet) have any product software in Rust.

[1] https://github.com/qemu/qemu/tree/master/target/hexagon

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qualcomm_Hexagon

[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Very_long_instruction_word

[4] https://foundation.llvm.org/docs/sponsors/

[5] https://www.linuxfoundation.org/our-members-are-our-superpow...

Qualcomm | Austin, TX, USA | Full Time | ONSITE | QEMU

https://qualcomm.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External/job/Se...

My team is looking to hire 2 software developers to help us design and extend QEMU support [1] for the Hexagon DSP [2]. We're looking for candidates who have experience coding in C, C++ or Rust* and who aren't afraid of rolling up their sleeves and poring over disassembled code. This particular architecture is a bit more challenging than most, because it's a bit unique. It's a VLIW [3], so it's a great opportunity to learn about an interesting architecture. Millions of Hexagon DSPs are out there, most are found in Snapdragon SoCs for Android phones and more!

We collaborate a lot with Open Source communities like QEMU, LLVM [4], the Linux kernel [5], and more.

If you have any questions, you can contact me directly (email addr is in my HN user link). If you like the idea of working on stuff like open source toolchains but QEMU is not your thing, let me know. There’s other opportunities too.

We are open to making this position r_emote for the right candidate.

* Rust experience may serve the role well but we don’t (yet) have any product software in Rust.

[1] https://github.com/qemu/qemu/tree/master/target/hexagon

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qualcomm_Hexagon

[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Very_long_instruction_word

[4] https://foundation.llvm.org/docs/sponsors/

[5] https://www.linuxfoundation.org/our-members-are-our-superpow...

This is the 'who is hiring' thread. I think you meant to post this in the "who wants to be hired?" thread - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30164269

Qualcomm | Austin, TX, USA | Full Time | ONSITE | QEMU

https://qualcomm.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External/job/Se...

My team is looking to hire 2 software developers to help us design and extend QEMU support [1] for the Hexagon DSP [2]. We’re looking for candidates who have experience coding in C, C++ or Rust* and who aren’t afraid of rolling up their sleeves and poring over disassembled code. This particular architecture is a bit more challenging than most, because it’s a bit unique. It’s a VLIW [3], so it’s a great opportunity to learn about an interesting architecture. Millions of Hexagon DSPs are out there, most are found in Snapdragon SoCs for Android phones and more!

We collaborate a lot with Open Source communities like QEMU, LLVM [4], the Linux kernel [5], and more.

The link above may require you to jump through some hoops creating an account. If you have any trouble with it, you can contact me directly (email addr is in my HN user link). If you like the idea of working on stuff like open source toolchains but QEMU is not your thing, let me know. There’s other opportunities too.

* Rust experience may serve the role well but we don’t (yet) have any product software in Rust.

[1] https://github.com/qemu/qemu/tree/master/target/hexagon

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qualcomm_Hexagon

[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Very_long_instruction_word

[4] https://foundation.llvm.org/docs/sponsors/

[5] https://www.linuxfoundation.org/our-members-are-our-superpow...