"A fast-paced tell-all. . .one of the great business stories of our young century."--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 consoles--how 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. At stake were the livelihoods--and sanity--of an unsung group of tireless visionaries. At war were the giants Microsoft and Sony. "Drama and secret deals. . . This is the real deal."--Bob Molyneaux, ChipBridge 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. It's a story that's never been told--until now. "The real story of a team of people tasked with doing the impossible."--John C. Beck, author of Got Game "Remarkable. . .fascinating."--Dean Takahashi, author of Opening the Xbox "The story of the whole effort to build the Cell."-- The Wall Street Journal "A riveting book. . .If you haven't read The Race for a New Game Machine because you re afraid it'll be a dry walkthrough of circuit design and inside baseball, put that out of your mind. It's rare to get the firsthand behind-the-scenes story of something like this, and it provides a valuable new perspective on the console wars. Put this on the gaming-book shelf that I know you have." --Wired Magazine

戴维‧希普

曾担任Xbox360的威力PC微处理器和PS3的首席架构设计师和技术负责人。具有超过20年丰富的高性能处理器芯片设计和领导大型设计团队的经验。

米基‧菲普斯

曾在空军服役20年，历任机械师、情报官和空-空导弹研发工程师。担任过史基布‧阿科洛特的技术 助理。后被提升为威力PC项目的一名二线经理。

译者：郑磊

南开大学经济学博士，荷兰马斯特里赫特管理学院MBA，本科毕业于兰州大学计算数学及其应用软件专业，有十年以上制造业从业或服务经验，曾为IBM工作，熟悉电脑软硬件和多个高科技制造行业，对软件工程特别是CMM项目管理有深入了解，曾在美资跨国高科技企业担纲复杂项目系统管理 ，并受华中科技大学、哈尔滨工业大学、天津大学、北京航天航空大学软件学院邀请，为国内首批软件工程硕士授课及开办讲座。