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Study Group: Play Station 3 (PS3) Hardware Experts

Council Members in this Study Group: 56

This study group may include experts knowledgeable on topics such as IT Services, consumer electronics, wireless devices, software, hardware, information technology, semiconductors, media, cable, satellite, internet, broadband, global positioning systems, advertising, online media, telecommunications, networking, wireless, and data storage, among others.

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David Workman, Executive Director, PRO Buying GroupDavid Workman

Executive Director
PRO Buying Group
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David Workman is the Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer of PRO Buying Group, where he has worked since 2006. PRO Buying Group serves to coordinate merchandising, marketing and other business services for a group of independent retailers representing over $2.0 billion in consumer electronics...

Zeke Margolis

Senior Account Manager
KEY CODE MEDIA, INC.
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Zeke Margolis is a Senior Account Manager for Key Code Media, the largest technology hardware/software provider in Los Angeles and Avid Technology's largest reseller worldwide. He has over 15 years experience providing solutions for audio, video, graphics, 3D animation, DVD production, streaming media,...

Jon Peddie, Ph.D., President, JOHN PEDDIE RESEARCHJon Peddie, Ph.D.

President
JOHN PEDDIE RESEARCH
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Jon Peddie, PhD, is one of the pioneers of the graphics industry, starting his career in computer graphics in 1962. After the successful launch of several graphics manufacturing companies, Dr. Peddie began Jon Peddie Associates in 1984 to provide comprehensive data, information and management expertise...

Peter Roithmayr

Principal
Peter Roithmayr Associates LLC
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Peter Roithmayr is an independent consultant in the video game industry. Previously, he was the Vice President of Strategic Merchandising within the Video Game division at Electronics Boutique...

William Gardner, President, Digital Entertainment Insights, LLCWilliam Gardner

President
Digital Entertainment Insights, LLC
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William Gardner is the President of Digital Entertainment Insights and was most recently (05/08) the President and Chief Executive Officer at Eidos, Inc, a major videogame publisher, until the takeover of USA Sales by Time Warner. There he was responsible for rebuilding the business from finance, sales,...

Ronald Gruia, Program Leader-Emerging Communications Solutions &, FROST & SULLIVAN, INCRonald Gruia

Program Leader-Emerging Communications Solutions &
FROST & SULLIVAN, INC
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Ronald Gruia is Principal Analyst and Program Leader for Emerging Telecoms at Frost & Sullivan, Inc. He covers topics such as NGN transitional technologies, 4G, IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystems), FMC, VoIP, Carrier Messaging/Value Added Services Platforms, IPTV, IP Centrex, Broadband Access, Triple...

Nathan Brookwood, Principal Analyst, Insight 64Nathan Brookwood

Principal Analyst
Insight 64
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Nathan Brookwood is Principal Analyst at Insight 64, a semiconductor consulting firm. He has worked for and with suppliers of mainframes, minicomputers, personal computers and semiconductors and has analyzed and commented on the industry from perches at D.H. Brown Associates and Dataquest. Although...

Joseph Morris, Vice President & General Manager , KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT, INC.Joseph Morris

Vice President & General Manager
KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT, INC.
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Joe Morris is a Vice President and General Manager at Konami Digital Entertainment, where he leads the Americas publishing and distribution effort of Konami Mobile and online, a global video game publisher. His primary focus is digital distribution of entertainment content to leading American wireless...

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What Are EA's Reasons For Purchasing Playfish?

November 9, 2009

Electronic Arts Buys Playfish For At Least $275 Mln | online.wsj.com

Electronic Arts (ERTS) is acquiring development and marketing expertise in a non-traditional and fast-growing segment of the video game industry EA is also taking ownership of Playfish's valuable player network, which can be heavily leveraged via future cross promotional tactics. EA may be...

Nokia Closes Second Attempt at Custom Gaming Platform

November 3, 2009

Nokia to close N-Gage platform | www.telecompaper.com

Nokia has shuttered their second attempt at making their own gaming platform in favor of building their own version of iTunes.It's a shift in strategy.  N-Gage was directed at Nintendo.  Their new Ovi store is following Apple.  Consumers won't miss N-Gage, as it never caught on.  Nokia is still struggling...

Even 2-D Users Will Miss Nvidia's Integrated 3-D Graphics on Core i3/i5 Systems

October 8, 2009

Nathan Brookwood, Principal Analyst, Insight 64

Nvidia Escalates Feud With Intel | online.wsj.com

Nvidia's chipsets outperform Intel's when it comes to integrated 3-D graphics, but Intel's move to incorporate graphics into its Core i3/i5 CPUs leaves no room for Nvidia's integrated solution. Too bad! Windows 7's DirectCompute feature speeds up media operations on systems with AMD or Nvidia discrete...

Nvidia leaps into supercomputers

October 5, 2009

Jon Peddie, Ph.D., President, JOHN PEDDIE RESEARCH

Nvidia and "Starting the Next Age of Personal Computing" | www.tgdaily.com

Nvidia is in the test of its life with big stakes, big investments, and big risks – Fermi is a hail Mary pass if ever there was one. It’s not as reactionary or impulsive as some have suggested and a plan I think has been in the process for the past three years. Nvidia has been putting the pieces in...

Fermi versus AMD Radeon: Who Wins, Who Loses in Supercomputing Applications?

October 4, 2009

Nathan Brookwood, Principal Analyst, Insight 64

Supercomputer to use new Nvidia 'Fermi' chip | news.cnet.com

While AMD and Nvidia battle for supremacy in the GPU computing arena, there's one obvious loser, Intel. AMD's 5870 appeared on schedule. Nvidia's Fermi is late, but its GTX 280 series still is competitive. Intel's Larrabee remains a no-show. End users who buy their systems by the teraflop have discovered...

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Members in this Study Group include these company types:

  • Video Game Developer
  • Individual/Small Consultancy
  • Contract Manufacturer
  • Market Research Company*
  • Online Advertising Agency
  • Video Game Distributor

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