1. 1 Develop & Optimize Your Game for Netbooks Omar Rodriguez and Orion Granatir Visual Computing Software Enabling 03/11/10

2. 2 Agenda * Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others.

3. 3  Smaller keyboard  10-inch screen with 1024x600 resolution  Complete web experience including Flash & HD video  Digital distribution  Average 10 hours of battery life  Always connected with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth *, and WiMAX  1.3 megapixel camera & mic mounted on the lid Tailor your games for Netbooks * Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others.

4. 4 Netbooks are bank  ~40 million shipped so far  ~139 million projected by 2013  Approximately 7% of online users in US report owning a netbook  6-month ramp of netbooks was faster than Apple * iPhone * or Nintendo * Wii * Sources: NPD Group, “A closer look at netbooks”, June 2009 / ABI Research * Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others.

5. 5  Join the Intel ® Atom ™ Developer Program  Games & game components can be sold on Intel AppUp SM Center  Available in US & Canada, soon to be worldwide  SDK for working with app store  Validation in place to ensure games run on netbooks  Validation for Flash games coming soon  Developers receive up to 70% of the revenue Reach the market with Intel AppUp SM Center BETA appdeveloper.intel.com intelappup.com

6. 6  Intel ® Atom ™ Developer Challenge - The quest for groundbreaking new netbook applications - Launched March 9, 2010 - Start earning revenue once your game is validated and featured in the Intel ® AppUp SM Center BETA Enter the Intel ® Atom ™ Developer Challenge to Win Big  Level Up 2010 - The Intel ® Visual Adrenaline Game Demo Challenge - Enter your game idea in the new category “Best Game for a Netbook” - Seize the opportunity to win prizes and recognitionappdeveloper.intel.com/challenge intel.com/software/levelup2010

7. 7 Run Fireflies

8. 8 In-order processing In-order processing Supports up to two threads with Intel ® Hyper-Threading Technology Supports up to two threads with Intel ® Hyper-Threading Technology Supports SSE3 Supports SSE3 Accompanied by Intel ® GMA 945, 3150, or 500 Integrated graphics, I/O, and memory controller Integrated graphics, I/O, and memory controller The Intel ® Atom ™ Processor Full x86 IA in size of a grain of rice

9. 9  CPU doesn’t re-order instructions… Optimize your game for the Intel ® Atom ™ Processor with ICC

10. 10 Optimize your game for the Intel ® Atom ™ Processor with ICC  CPU doesn’t re-order instructions…  Use the Intel ® Compiler with the following flags: /QxL /QxSSE3_ATOM  Easy 1.2-1.3x speed up

11. 11 Maximize the Intel ® Atom ™ Processor with Threading & SSE  The Intel ® Atom ™ Processor is an in-order processor, hyper-threading helps alleviate bottlenecks that out-of-order processing would handle  The Intel ® Atom ™ Processor has SSE3 support for faster floating point math (1.1x to 1.3x speed up)  Games that already support threading and SSE will already run with great performance

12. 12 Know Your GFX Chips: Intel ® GMA 945, 3150 & 500  945 & 3150 are more common - DirectX * 9.0c with Pixel Shader 2.0 - Vertex processing done on CPU - Texture decompression for DXT1-DXT5 and FXT1 - Use strips and indexed vertices over point, line, and triangle lists  500 supports hardware vertex processing  Full screen increases performance (no context switching with Windows * Vista * /7) * Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others.

13. 13 Vertex Processing and Threading Caveat  Intel ® GMA 945 & 3150 offload vertex processing to CPU  The driver will be running along side your app and utilizing resources  Threading might incur a performance penalty

14. 14  Position elements on screen relative to where they belong  Scale art assets based on screen size/resolution but impose a minimum size Overcoming small screen sizes button.x = 100 button.y = 10 button.x = right + 10 button.y = top + 10  Show only options necessary for game play on screen  Use expressive icons with text on tooltips for on screen UI Back

15. 15  Use the Intel ® Laptop Gaming TDK to track: - Power source: GetPwrSrc() - Battery life: GetPercentBatteryLife() - Network connectivity: Get80211SignalStrength()  Use Windows * Power Management functions - Listen for WM_POWERBROADCAST event - Detect suspend, hibernate, close lid, low battery, and more Monitor power events & connectivity intel.com/software/laptopgamingtdk * Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others.

16. 16  Intel ® Laptop Gaming TDK - Create a Personal Area Network for others to join - No Internet infrastructure is required  Windows * Peer Collaboration API - Use People Near Me to find peers - Discover other peers on the same subnet or LAN Add support for ad-hoc gaming * Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others.

17. 17 Intel ® GPA is designed for games - System Analyzer gives complete view of system resources - Frame Analyzer allows you to dive into a DX frame - Task Analyzer allows you to instrument code to analyze workload balance and execution time Intel ® C/C++ Compiler Intel ® Laptop Gaming TDK Intel ® Parallel Studio Intel ® Threading Building Blocks Intel ® VTune™ Performance Analyzer Intel tools support the Intel ® Atom ™ Processor

18. 18 Tailor your games for netbooks Reach the market with the Intel ® AppUp SM Center BETA Optimize your game for the Intel ® Atom ™ Processor with ICC Maximize the Intel ® Atom ™ Processor with Threading & SSE Know your graphics chipsets Intel tools make your life easier A netbook (…and the winner is?) Key Takeaways

19. 19 Contact Information http://www.intel.com/software/gdc omar.a.rodriguez@intel.com orion.r.granatir@intel.com See Intel at GDC: Intel Booth at Expo, North Hall #1212 - We’re interviewing developers today on video from 2-4PM. Come discuss developing applications for netbooks! - Come enroll in the Intel ® Atom ™ Developer Program and score a free, limited edition tee-shirt Intel Interactive Lounge, West Hall, 3 rd Floor - Join us to play games on the latest Intel platforms

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21. 21 Other Intel Sessions Simpler Better Faster Vector Friday, March 12 @ 1:30PM North 122 Firaxis' Civilization V: A Case Study in Scalable Game Performance Friday, March 12 @ 1:30PM South 302 Task-based Multithreading – How to Program for 100 Cores Friday, March 12 @ 4:30PM South 300

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24. 24 How to Enroll for the Intel ® Atom ™ Developer Program appdeveloper.intel.com  Visit appdeveloper.intel.com and click “Get an ID” in the upper right  After getting your ID and logging in, click “My Dashboard”  Then you will see the enrollment graphic; click it to begin the enrollment process, which should take no more than a few minutes. Enrollment is free for a limited time, so don’t delay!

25. 25 Remote tools are your friend  Visual Studio’s remote debugger allows you to develop on a desktop  Tools like GPA support remote execution  Use VTune‘s Pack and Go feature  Mapping a network drive for both machines makes debugging easier

26. 26  Run System Analyzer from a remote system Start with System Analyzer  Examine the CPU and GPU workload to see the whole picture

27. 27 If CPU bound, use Parallel Studio/VTune Improve performance with:  Use Intel® Compiler  Use threading  Use SSE3

28. 28 If you are GPU bound, use Frame Analyzer Remember, GMA 945 and 3150 use CPU vertex processing Minimize multi-pass rendering and post- processing Avoid points sprites (use screen aligned quads)