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C++ on Next-Gen Consoles: Effective Code for New Architectures,
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Programming, Lecture

Pete Isensee
Lead Software Design Engineer, Microsoft Xbox
At GDC 2005, Chris Hecker stated that average game code is going to run slower on next-generation consoles than on the current generation. In many ways, he’s right. Programmers accustomed to having CPU silicon devoted to out-of-order execution units and instruction pipelining are in for a rude awaking. A few brave souls will turn to assembly language optimizations, but what about the rest of us who use C++ on a daily basis? This talk is for you. Find out how to write C++ code that runs like a dream on next-generation consoles.

Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 feature multiple cores with simple pipelines –- a very different architecture than past consoles or PCs. Programming these consoles is going to require new techniques and a new mindset. Game developers need help when it comes to creating multi-threaded game engines that optimize for cache coherency, avoid branches, and take advantage of the mathematical horsepower available rather than avoiding extra calculations. This lecture is based on real-world experience with software libraries and game titles coming to grips with in-order execution and large memory latencies. Developers will come away not only understanding the issues, but having the guidelines and examples they need to write effective code for next-gen consoles.

C++ programmers writing code that will run on next-generation consoles like Xbox 360 and PS3.

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