Graduation assignment: Develop and implement hardware acceleration of linear algebra routines

Introduction
This is a graduation assignment for a master's student in computer science or applied mathematics who has a basic understanding of computer architecture and good C/C++ programming skills and is interested in researching and developing acceleration for the ASML numerical library (used for solving a range of linear algebra problems).

Job Mission
ASML is the world’s leader in making photolithography machines. These machines enable shrinking transistor sizes in line with Moore’s law. You will be working in the computer systems cluster that delivers the compute infrastructure, powering ASML machines.

Job Description
ASML has a library called Numerical Library which is used for solving a range of linear algebra problems using the most stable algorithms (such as BLAS and LAPACK). In this project, you will investigate accelerating this Numerical Library using state-of-the-art hardware platforms such as vector extensions in CPUs and GPUs. The preliminary project plan is:

1. Understand the Numerical Library and its API;
2. Propose acceleration modes for the Numerical Library using vector extensions on CPUs and GPUs;
3. Implement the acceleration;
4. Analyze the performance of the accelerated version;
5. Write the master thesis.

Education
You are a master’s student in one of the following fields: computer science or applied mathematics. You have a basic understanding of computer architecture and good C/C++ programming skills. You have basic knowledge of linear algebra and algorithm analysis. Knowledge of GPGPU programming using OpenCL/CUDA is a plus (but not required). You have excellent communication skills in English.

This is an graduation internship for 5 days a week with a minimum duration of 6 months.

Please keep in mind that we can only consider students (who are enrolled at a school during the whole internship period) for our internships and graduation assignments. 
 

Other information

What ASML offers
Your internship will be in one of the leading Dutch corporations, gaining valuable experience in a highly dynamic environment. You will receive a monthly internship allowance of 500 euro (maximum), plus a possible housing or travel allowance. In addition, you’ll get expert, practical guidance and the chance to work in and experience a dynamic, innovative team environment.

ASML: Be part of progress
We make machines that make chips – the hearts of the devices that keep us informed, entertained and safe; that improve our quality of life and help to tackle the world’s toughest problems.
We build some of the most amazing machines that you will ever see, and the software to run them. Never satisfied, we measure our performance in units that begin with pico or nano.
We believe we can always do better. We believe the winning idea can come from anyone. We love what we do – not because it’s easy, but because it’s hard. 

Students: Getting ready for real-world R&D
Pushing technology further is teamwork, and our R&D team is more than 5,500 people strong, with major sites on three continents. Dozens of diverse, interdisciplinary teams work in parallel to meet a challenging development schedule. 
In such an environment, your colleagues may be sitting next door, or they could be thousands of kilometers away in a different country, or even working for a different company.
An internship at ASML is your opportunity to get to know this world of industrial-strength R&D and get a feel for that excites you most. Will you design a part of the machine, or make sure it gets built to the tightest possible specifications? Will you write software that drives the system to its best performance, or work side-by-side with the engineers of our customers in a fab, optimizing a system to the requirements of the customer?