The Race for a New Game Machine - Creating the Chips Inside the Xbox 360 & the PlayStation 3

IEEE Computer Society - Austin

Topic/Title: The Race for a New Game Machine - Creating the Chips Inside the Xbox 360 & the PlayStation 3

Speakers: David Shippy and Mickie Phipps

Abstract

THE RACE FOR A NEW GAME MACHINE provides an insider's view of the exciting work of a computer design team simultaneously racing to complete, from scratch, the design of the fastest chips in the industry while answering to corporate giants IBM, Sony, Toshiba and Microsoft. At the IEEE meeting on May 20th, David Shippy and Mickie Phipps will discuss their experiences developing the high performance microprocessor core for two of the most anticipated game consoles in recent history. They will also discuss the challenges facing future high performance microprocessor design teams.

Date/Time: Wednesday, May 20th, 6:30 pm Networking 7:00 pm Program

Cost: none

Reservations: not required

Location: Goodwill Community Center, 1015 Norwood Park Blvd, Austin