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Scalability
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What the corpus says
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Tim Sweeney optimized Unreal Engine's texture mapping to six CPU cycles, using 11 instructions per pixel.
Epic Games' Fortnite scaled from 40,000 to 15 million concurrent users due to robust backend systems.
The Unreal Engine's Nanite system allows rendering with just two triangles per pixel, enhancing efficiency.
Sweeney argues Apple's 30% developer fees are economically ruinous, inflating digital goods' prices.
Epic's exclusivity deals, costing over a billion dollars, aim to compete with Steam's dominance.
Voices on scalability
8 standout quotes from across the corpus.
Go read
9 books and papers cited across these episodes.
For the specialist
What experts find new
4 expert-level takeaways for a specialist reader.
At the frontier
Still unresolved
2 open questions flagged across these conversations.
The thinkers
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