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CYBER ATHLETE WORLD TOUR
Intel sponsors cyber-athlete world tour
Intel multi-core processors help game developers pack more features.
BY A CORRESPONDENT
29th November 2005: Intel's multi-core PC gaming has taken shape, with the Cyberathlete Professional League (CPL) World Tour Grand Finals bringing together some of the best game players, hardware and software in the world. Enthusiasm for the future of gaming has enveloped gamers at the CPL World Tour Grand Finals.
Intel says it has empowered over ten thousand software developers with thousands of multi-core development platforms last year. According to Intel’s Software and Solutions Group director of planning Bill Kirby, it is the beginning of "new threaded applications and multi-core platforms gamers have been waiting for.”
High-power multi-core chips like the the Intel Extreme Edition processor have helped game and software developers to pack more punch into games for real-life experiences. According to Intel, the processor's capability to run different threads of the game in a parallel fashion can make the game quicker and more interactive.
According to Tim Rance, chief technology officer of Lionhead* studios, in Black & White 2, Intel's multi-core processors helped its development team move the entire physics engine to a separate thread . “As a result, we have managed to run many more objects in the physics simulation so complex scenes appear much more realistic. We also utilized multi-core capabilities in our title The Movies* and are excited about the future of multi-core processing,” he said.
Yet another upcoming PC game City of Villains* made by by NCsoft* North America also benefits from work with Intel’s software team. "Aided by Intel's multi-core tools, NCsoft is creating cutting-edge games which benefit from these new technologies,” said Jeremy Gaffney, vice president of Product Development at NCsoft.
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