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March 9-13, 2026
Moscone CenterSan Francisco, CA

Speakers

Danny ChenPrincipal Software EngineerMicrosoft Xbox

Danny Chen is a Principal Software Engineer on the Xbox Performance Team at Microsoft. He works closely with game studios, hardware teams, and Core Windows OS and graphics teams to solve complex performance challenges spanning CPU, I/O, memory management, and platform‑level optimization. Danny has been a key driver of initiatives such as resource determinism, DirectStorage, HW accelerated decompression, and low latency asset‑streaming pipelines. His work empowers developers to build richer, faster, and more responsive game experiences.

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