Race For A New Game Machine:

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.