Race For A New Game Machine: (eBook)

Mickie Phipps, David Shippy (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2010
256 Seiten
Kensington (Verlag)
978-0-8065-3372-8 (ISBN)

Infos

The pioneering game-chip engineers behind the revolutionary Cell microprocessor tell the story of its creation in this ';fast-paced tell-all' (Steve Cherry, IEEE Spectrum Magazine). The Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 game systems have changed the face of home entertainment. But few know the amazing story inside the consoleshow David Shippy and his team of engineers at the Sony/Toshiba/IBM Design Center (STI) forged the tiny miracle at the core of it all: a revolutionary microprocessor chip that set a new paradigm in personal computing. In The Race for a New Gaming Machine, Shippy tells the dramatic story in his own words. Here is a dazzling, behind-the-scenes account of life in the tech world, featuring memorable characters, high-level corporate intrigue, and cutthroat business dealings. At stake were the livelihoodsand sanityof an unsung group of tireless visionaries. At war were the giants Microsoft and Sony. Its a story thats never been tolduntil now.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.1.2010
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 150 mm
• Gewicht: 6486 g
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Wirtschaftsinformatik
• Schlagworte: Artificial Intelligence • Biography • business • business books • business memoir • Business Nonfiction • clever gifts • Coding • Computer • Computer Engineering • Computers • Computer Technology • corporate intrigue • corporate memoir • Economics • economics books • economy • Engineering • engineering memoir • fun gifts • fun gifts for adults • Future • Game Guides • gamer gifts • Gamers • Games • Gaming • gifts • gifts for her • gifts for him • gifts for men • gifts for women • home entertainment industry • Innovation • Internet • Microchip • microprocessors • MONEY • Networking • programming • Sports • Strategy • tech industry • tech memoir • Technology • tech nonfiction • Video game • Video game art • video game book • video game books • video game collectibles • video game gifts • video game guides • video games • video game technology
• ISBN-10: 0-8065-3372-2 / 0806533722
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8065-3372-8 / 9780806533728