“…In this book, the broad range of technologies and techniques used by AAA game studios are each explained in detail, and their roles within a real industrial-strength game engine are illustrated.New to the Third Edition This third edition offers the same comprehensive coverage of game engine architecture provided by previous editions, along with updated coverage of:computer and CPU hardware and memory caches,compiler optimizations,C++ language standardization,the IEEE-754 floating-point representation,2D user interfaces,plus an entirely new chapter on hardware parallelism and concurrent programming.This book is intended to serve as an introductory text, but it also offers the experienced game programmer a useful perspective on aspects of game development technology with which they may not have deep experience. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…; KEY OBLIGATIONS ON IT BUSINESSES; KEY COMMERCIAL ISSUES; 13 RECASTING WEEE; SOME GOOD NEWS; 14 THE IMPACT OF HARDWARE; TOUCHSCREENS; CHIPS; BATTERIES; CASES; 15 GREEN IT BEST PRACTICE; GREAT AN ALL-ENCOMPASSING GREEN IT STRATEGY…”

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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Buy Your Own Arcade Hardware; Arcade Cabinet Hardware Basics; Finding a JAMMA Arcade Cabinet; Buying used American JAMMA cabinets.; Buying used Japanese JAMMA cabinets.; Building your own JAMMA cabinet.; Hack #13. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…SPECTRAL TRANSFORMS FOR LOGIC FUNCTIONS; 2.1 Algebraic Structures for Spectral Transforms; 2.2 Fourier Series; 2.3 Bases for Systems of Boolean Functions; 2.3.1 Basis Functions; 2.3.2 Walsh Functions; 2.3.2.1 Ordering of Walsh Functions; 2.3.2.2 Properties of Walsh Functions; 2.3.2.3 Hardware Implementations of Walsh Functions; 2.3.3 Haar Functions; 2.3.3.1 Ordering of Haar Functions; 2.3.3.2 Properties of Haar Functions; 2.3.3.3 Hardware Implementation of Haar Functions; 2.3.3.4 Hardware Implementation of the Inverse Haar Transform…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Catalog Management Requirements -- Marketing Campaigns Administration Requirements -- Order Management Requirements -- Customer Management Requirements -- Quality Assurance Requirements -- Performance and Scalability Requirements -- Resilience Requirements -- Security and Privacy Requirements -- Summary -- Part II: Implementer's Considerations for Efficient Multisite Commerce -- Chapter 9 Organizational Resistance -- The Powers That Be -- The Push for Change -- Allaying the Fears -- The Carrot and the Stick -- Summary -- Chapter 10 Managing Requirements -- Initial Requirements Gathering -- Prioritization of Requirements -- Requirement Changes -- Plan Change Process -- Summary -- Chapter 11 The Project Team -- The Skills Required for Leading the Project -- Strong Architectural Leadership -- Decision Making -- Summary -- Chapter 12 Planning for Success -- Elements of a Project Plan -- Checkpoints -- Resilience of Plan -- Summary -- Chapter 13 Dealing with the Unexpected -- Company Reorganization -- Vendor Problems -- Personnel Issues -- Requirements Flux -- Summary -- Part III: Technical Considerations for Efficient Multisite Commerce -- Chapter 14 Sharing Hardware and Software -- Commerce Application Layout -- Opportunities for Sharing Hardware and Software -- Methods of Sharing Hardware and Software -- Interdependencies Among Sites on a Shared Platform -- Summary -- Chapter 15 Sharing Data -- Data Assets -- Site Access Control -- Associating Data Assets with Sites -- Model Sites -- Site Creation -- Summary -- Chapter 16 Site Path -- Site Path Associations -- Query Building with a Site Path -- Site Path Service -- Summary -- Chapter 17 Data Sharing Business Logic -- Sharing Catalog Data -- Sharing Pricing Data -- Sharing Pricing Rules -- Sharing Inventory -- Data Sharing Techniques -- Integration with Back-End Applications -- Summary…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Deciding on a Firewall; Introduction; Appliance/Hardware Solution; Software Solutions; Summary; Solutions Fast Track; Frequently Asked Questions; Part III: VPN Concepts; Chapter 5. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…; A Problem Solver; B Hardware Suppliers; C Software Suppliers; D Film Stock Sizes; E Video Raster Sizes; F MPEG-2 Profiles and Levels; G MPEG-4 Profiles and Levels; H ISMA Profiles; I File Types; J Source-Video Formats…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Monitoring Your Cloud Resources -- Writing It All Down (Documentation) -- Creating Baselines -- Shared Responsibility Model -- Summary -- Exam Essentials -- Written Lab -- Review Questions -- Chapter 2 Cloud Deployments -- Executing a Cloud Deployment -- Understanding Deployment and Change Management -- Cloud Deployment Models -- Network Deployment Considerations -- Service Level Agreements -- Matching Data Center Resources to Cloud Resources -- What Are Available and Proposed Hardware Resources? -- Templates and Images -- Physical Resource High Availability -- Introducing Disaster Recovery -- Physical Hardware Performance Benchmarks -- Cost Savings When Using the Cloud -- Energy Savings in the Cloud -- Shared vs. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Reasons for Buying a Delta Printer Buying a Used 3D Printer; Summary; Chapter 2: Delta Printer Hardware; Anatomy of a Delta Printer; Axes; Hardware Components; Extruder; Hot End; Axis Movement; Smooth Rods; Linear Rails; Roller Carriages; Recirculating Balls on Frame Rails; Delta Arms; Stepper Motors; Build Plate; Electronics; Frame; Design Variants; SeeMeCNC Rostock Max v2; Kossel Pro; Mini Kossel; Which Is Best?…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Contents at a Glance""; ""Table of Contents ""; ""About the Author""; ""About the Technical Reviewer""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""PART 1 Exadata Architecture""; ""CHAPTER 1 Exadata Hardware""; ""1-1. Identifying Exadata Database Machine Components""; ""1-2. …”

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Tabla de Contenidos: “…; An Overview of Exadata; History of Exadata; Alternative Views of What Exadata Is; Data Warehouse Appliance; OLTP Machine; Consolidation Platform; Configuration Options; Exadata Database Machine X5-2 ; Exadata Database Machine X4-8 ; Exadata Storage Expansion Rack X5- 2 ; Upgrades; Hardware Components; Operating Systems; Database Servers; Storage Servers; InfiniBand; Flash Cache; Disks; Bits and Pieces; Software Components; Database Server Software…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Connecting a Keyboard via a CableChanging the Keyboard Layout for a Hardware Keyboard; Positioning Graphics, Shapes, and Other Objects; Understanding How You Position Graphical Objects; Arranging Graphical Objects to Control Which Is Visible; Working with Graphics; Inserting a Picture; Resizing and Formatting a Picture; Working with Shapes; Working with Text Boxes; Printing from Your iPad; Summary; Chapter 3: Managing Your Office Documents; Setting Up Your Services; Adding a Service; Removing a Service; Signing Out from Your Account; Signing In to an Account…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…; Pro Tools LE Software; Pro Tools M-Powered Software; Transfers; Included Software; Even more software; What you don't get in Pro Tools LE and M-Powered; What's in the book; 1 Hardware Options for Pro Tools LE and M-Powered Systems; Digi 001; Low Latency Monitoring on the Digi 001; Monitoring latency and MIDI…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: A World without Wires; XBee radio hardware; XBee product families; Versions and variants; Official XBee documentation; Your first transmission; Using the SparkFun XBee Explorer USB; Getting and running XCTU; Updating the firmware; Failed firmware updates; Configuration; Talking to the XBee module; Receiving data; Uploading the sketch; Connecting the XBee; Receiving data; Switching to API mode; First module in API mode; Sending data; Second module in API mode…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…6.7 Bandwidth6.8 Improvement in Signal-to-Noise Ratio; 6.9 Frequency-Shift Keying; 6.10 Phase Modulation; 6.11 Phase-Shift Keying; 6.12 Minimum-Shift Keying; 6.13 Quadrature Amplitude Modulation; 6.14 Spread Spectrum Techniques; 6.15 Frequency Hopping; 6.16 Direct-Sequence Spread Spectrum; 6.17 Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing; 6.18 Bandwidth and Data Capacity; 6.19 Summary; Chapter 7: DSP Hardware Options; 7.1 DSP Theory for Hardware Designers; 7.2 Theory, Applications, and Implementations; 7.3 DSP Applications; 7.4 DSP Implementations; 7.5 Review of Processors and Systems…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Exadata Database Machine X2-8Upgrades; Hardware Components; Operating Systems; Database Servers'; InfiniBand; Flash Cache; Disks; Bits and Pieces; Software Components; Database Server Software; Storage Server Software; Software Architecture; Summary; CHAPTER 2 Offloading / Smart Scan; Why Offloading Is Important; What Offloading Includes; Column Projection; Predicate Filtering; Storage Indexes; Simple Joins (Bloom Filters); Function Offloading; Compression/Decompression; Encryption/Decryption; Virtual Columns; Data Mining Model Scoring; Non-Smart Scan Offloading; Smart File Creation…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright and Credits -- Contributors -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Part 1: Getting Started with the BBC Micro:bit -- Chapter 1: Introduction to the BBC Micro:bit -- Technical requirements -- The history of the Micro:bit -- The specifications of Micro:bit V1 and Micro:bit V2 -- Powering up the Micro:bit -- The out-of-box experience -- Breakout boards -- Fritzing to create circuit diagrams -- Summary -- Further reading -- Chapter 2: Setting Up the Micro:bit and Using Code Editors -- Technical requirements -- BBC Micro:bit versus Raspberry Pi -- The Python programming language -- Python implementations and distributions -- Introduction to MicroPython -- MicroPython code editors -- Online code editors -- Using REPL -- Using offline IDEs for MicroPython -- The Thonny Python IDE -- The Mu editor -- Working with other editors and smartphone apps -- Manually upgrading the firmware -- Restoring the out-of-the-box experience program -- Summary -- Further readings -- Chapter 3: Basics of Python -- Technical requirements -- Getting started with Python programming -- Variables -- Code comments -- Arithmetic, string, and logical operations -- Data type conversion -- Handling user input -- Conditional statements -- Loops -- Computing prime numbers, factorials, and Fibonacci series -- Summary -- Further reading -- Chapter 4: Advanced Python -- Technical requirements -- Lists, tuples, and dictionaries -- Functions -- Recursion -- Indirect recursion -- Object-oriented programming with Python -- Exploring the random module -- Getting help for built-in modules -- Retrieving system properties with code -- Summary -- Further reading -- Part 2: Programming Hardware with MicroPython -- Chapter 5: Built-in LED Matrix Display and Push Buttons -- Technical requirements -- Built-in programmable 5x5 LED matrix…”