I presented this to the team a long time ago when we switched from PlayStation 3 to PlayStation 4 development at Naughty Dog. Even though it is a couple of years old, the contents is still very relevant. It is an introduction into memory barriers and?CPU cache architectures. It talks about?how CPUs deal with sharing […]
Multi-core programming and cache coherency
November 10th, 2017 by swedishcoding_1ggc23 — Comments Off on Multi-core programming and cache coherency
GDC 2015 Presentation – Parallelizing the Naughty Dog Engine
March 8th, 2015 by swedishcoding_1ggc23 — Comments Off on GDC 2015 Presentation – Parallelizing the Naughty Dog Engine
Hello all, First off. A big ‘Thank You’ to all of you that came to my talk at GDC this year. Now, here is my GDC 2015 presentation as Power Point – 4.08 MiB?and PDF – 9.30 MiB. Enjoy! Cheers, Christian
Perforce Server Tips and Tricks
April 16th, 2011 by swedishcoding_1ggc23 — No Comments
I have spent quite a bit of time understanding how Perforce works under the hood and experimented with various configurations in an attempt to tame this wild beast. Here is a collection of things that I have learned throughout the years which might or might not be known to the average person configuring a Perforce […]
Book Review: Game Engine Architecture
December 21st, 2009 by swedishcoding_1ggc23 — No Comments
Is this yet another ‘Game Programming’ book? No, not at all. Game engines nowadays are so large, complex and filled with so many subsystems that old-school engine design will fall apart on modern hardware. This book brings an up-to-date explanation of what goes into a modern game engine and why.? For people looking for a […]
Are we out of memory?
August 31st, 2008 by swedishcoding_1ggc23 — No Comments
If I had a dollar every time I heard the question “Do we not have any more memory?” When I ask the question “How much memory are you using for subsystem X?”, very few developers know the answer. It is usually a smaller or bigger ballpark but no definite answer. Memory for any application is […]
GDC Presentation – Creating a Character in Drake’s Fortune
February 29th, 2008 by swedishcoding_1ggc23 — No Comments
For quite a few days now I have been asked if the presentation I made at this years Game Developers Conference will be available online. My answer is yes, and I am eagerly awaiting my presentation to show up on the GDC website myself. Well, I can’t wait anymore so here it is. Beware, it’s […]
The History of ‘TheSE’ – The Super Nes Emulator
November 26th, 2007 by swedishcoding_1ggc23 — No Comments
Aaaaah, I finally got this blog to a somewhat working state and before I continue editing style-sheets and html code I felt like adding my first post. So here it is… enjoy. TheSE is a Super Nes emulator developed by myself and my very good friend Urban Nilsson. It all started a long long time […]