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Intel at Game Developer Conference 2009
Read all about Intel Software Network at the Game Developers Conference, held twice a year - once in San Francisco and once in Austin, TX.
Type: Landing & Links,Events
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Game Code Resources Browser
Landing page for the Game Code Resources Browser DVD's ISO available for download!
Type: Code,Download
vcsource_os_windows vcsource_platform_desktoplaptop vcsource_domain_graphics vcsource_type_techsample vcsource_index 02/06/2012
Intel® Graphics Performance Analyzers (Intel® GPA) FAQ
This article is the "Frequently Asked Questions" (FAQ) for the Intel® Graphics Performance Analyzers (Intel® GPA). Intel GPA helps game developers analyze and optimize their games for Intel® CPU's and processor graphics.
Type: Technical Article
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Intel® Software Network Communities
Intel Software Network Communities Communities are sections of the Intel Software Network resourced with Community Managers to support and sustain an ongoing and more responsive 2 way communication aro ...
Type: Landing & Links
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Experimental Cloud-based Ray Tracing Using Intel® MIC Architecture for Highly Parallel Visual Processing
The cloud is game-changing factor in computing. Companies are offering a service in which the game itself runs on servers in the cloud. It processes user interactions from the game client, & the server sends back a compressed, rendered image to the user.
Type: Technical Article
vcsource_type_techarticle vcsource_os_windows vcsource_platform_desktoplaptop vcsource_domain_graphics vcsource_index 01/17/2012
Multi-threaded Rendering and Physics Simulation
by Rajshree Chabukswar, Adam T. Lake, and Mary R. Lee, Intel® Software Solutions Group Introduction Learn how to decouple rendering and physical simulation in a multi-threaded environment with a ...
Type: Technical Article
Multithreading physics visual computing 01/12/2012
Level Up 2011 Judges
[image][image] [image] To win fortune, glory, and opportunity, your game demo must impress this year’s panel of game-industry luminaries. More expert judges will be joining the panel soon. ...
Type: Events
12/20/2011
Fluid Simulation for Video Games (part 11)
This is a series on fluid simulation for games. This article explains how to model flames and smoke as a single continuous process.
Type: Technical Article
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Level Up 2011 Contest Categories
[image] [image]The revised and expanded Level Up Game Demo Contest now has contest categories to match popular game genres. Check our Prizes page to review the rewards for winners in these categories. ...
Type: Events
11/28/2011
Level Up 2011 Terms and Conditions
[image][image]Intel® Level Up 2011 Game Demo Contest Description1. How to EnterThe Level Up 2011, Intel® Visual Adrenaline Game Demo Challenge, runs from November 29, 2011 12:01 AM (U.S. Pacific Time ...
Type: Events
11/22/2011
Benefits of Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions For Quaternion Spherical Linear Interpolation (Slerp)
Intel® AVX is a 256 bit instruction set extension to Intel® SSE and is designed for floating point intensive applications. This article examines how Intel® AVX micro architecture features benefit Spherical Linear Interpolation (SLERP) opserations.
Type: Technical Article
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Level Up Past Winners
[image] [image]   Here are some winners* from past iterations of Intel’s annual game demo contest. Entries and winners have come from as many as 19 countries, showcasing game innovation that take ...
Type: Events
10/05/2011
Onloaded Shadows: Moving Shadow Map Generation from the GPU to the CPU
In many games the sun moves very slowly, which means shadow maps for static objects don't have to be done on a per-frame basis. Onloaded Shadows uses WARP to asynchronously generate shadows and distribute copy overhead across several frames.
Type: Technical Article
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Introduction to x64 Assembly
For years, PC programmers used x86 assembly to write performance-critical code. However, 32-bit PCs are being replaced with 64-bit ones, and the underlying assembly code has changed. This white paper is an introduction to x64 assembly.
Type: Technical Article,Tutorials
IA-64 assembler visual computing ia64 addressing modes 09/29/2011
Debugging OpenCL™ Kernels Using Intel® OpenCL SDK Debugger
OpenCL, OpenCL SDK, Intel® OpenCL SDK
Type: Technical Article
Sandy Bridge vcsource_type_techarticle vcsource_domain_media vcsource_domain_graphics vcsource_product_oclsdk vcsource_index 09/26/2011
Tips and Tricks for Kernel Development
To the Intel® OpenCL SDK main page Table of Contents 1. Why Optimizing Kernel Code is Important2. Avoiding Spurious Operations in Kernel Code3. Performing Initialization in a Separate Task4. Avoiding ...
Type: Technical Article
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Intel® OpenCL SDK - Frequently Asked Questions
To the Intel® OpenCL SDK main page Table of Contents Product Information1. What is Intel® OpenCL SDK?2. What is OpenCL™?3. What is the status of this Intel® OpenCL SDK release?4. What is the status o ...
Type: Technical Article,Tutorials
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Towards Deterministic Multithreading in Games Part I
How to multithread a game engine, by separating visual components from logic ones, in a highly scalable way while still mantaining determinism, which a key aspect in some type of games, like RTS; and a desired propierty in most others.
Author: dark_sylinc
Type: Technical Article,Tutorials
09/23/2011
Intel GPA - Graphics Performance Analyzers - Intel Software Network
Intel® Graphics Performance Analyzers (Intel® GPA) is a powerful, agile tool suite which will help you to utilize the full performance potential of Intel Integrated Graphics-based systems
Type: Landing & Links
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"MAXIS*-mizing" Darkspore*: A Case Study of Graphic Analysis and Optimizations in Maxis’* Deferred Renderer
2nd Generation Intel® Core™ processors fundamentally changed the PC gaming landscape. Intel® GPA 4.0 provides full support for this next generation of processors. The Darkspore* team at Maxis used GPA to optimize their game for the new processor graphics.
Type: Technical Article
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Level Up 2011 Prizes
[image][image] Serious rewards await the creators of the best original game demos. Game of the YearGrand Prize: $10,000 USD + Opportunity to offer game on Steam®**The professional /independent “Gam ...
Type: Events
08/25/2011
Intel® Performance Analyzer Comparison
This article provides a quick feature comparison between the several performance analyzers offered by Intel Corporation.
Type: Technical Article
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Intel® Performance Bottleneck Analyzer
The Intel® Performance Bottleneck Analyzer can be used to identify and prioritize issues specific to current and future Intel® architectures.
08/04/2011
Sample Distribution Shadow Maps
As presented at Siggraph 2010, this code sample showcases an extension to Z-partitioning (cascaded shadow maps) called Sample Distribution Shadow Maps (SDSMs). SDSMs optimize the placement and size of a fixed number of Z-partitions.
Type: Code,Download
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Level Up 2011 FAQs
[image] [image]Level Up 2011 Game Demo Contest - Frequently Asked QuestionsWho is eligible to enter the contest?If you are 18 years or older, you are eligible to enter the contest. This is a worldwide ...
Type: Events
07/29/2011