The Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC) is a non-profit corporation formed to establish, maintain and endorse a standardized set of relevant benchmarks that can be applied to the newest generation of high-performance computers. SPEC develops benchmark suites and also reviews and publishes submitted results from our member organizations and other benchmark licensees.
What's New:
12/30/2008 - The application deadline for student grants for attending the 2009 SPEC Benchmark Workshop has been extended from December 29, 2008 to January 9, 2009.
12/16/2008 - The program for the 2009 SPEC Benchmark Workshop is now available. There is no registration fee to attend, but advance registration is required.
11/11/2008 - SPEC CPU Benchmark Search program: SPEC is looking for applications that could be used in the next SPEC CPU suite; submissions that are accepted by SPEC and are included in the next suite earn their submitters $5000 and a license for the new suite (when released).
10/06/2008 - The deadline for paper submissions for the SPEC Benchmark Workshop 2009 to be held in Austin, Texas in January 2009 has been extended. The initial paper or extended abstract submission deadline is now October 15.
10/06/2008 - SPEC announces the release of SPEC MPI2007 V1.1. This release adds updates to benchmarks in order to improve portability and code correctness; improvements to report readability; clarifications and additions to the run and reporting rules; improvements to the documentation, including of the monitor hooks; and easier investigation of alternate sources or workloads. Results from V1.0 are comparable to those from V1.1. Beginning January 1, 2009 all SPEC MPI2007 submissions will require the use of version 1.1.
08/26/2008 - The submission dates for papers or extended abstracts for the SPEC Benchmark Workshop 2009 have been updated. The submission deadline is now October 3, 2008.
08/26/2008 - CPU2006 result submissions using V1.0.1 will be accepted until September 2. After that date, all submissions must be made using V1.1.
08/19/2008 - SPEC announces the release of SPECmail2008, designed to measure performance of enterprise mail servers compliant with SMTP and IMAP4 protocols. An initial set of results is available.
08/13/2008 - SPEC/GWPG announced a range of upcoming benchmarks at SIGGRAPH 2008. The new offerings will include a power-performance benchmark for workstations, a new version of SPECviewperf, and new and updated application benchmarks.
07/24/2008 - SPEC announces the release of SPECpower_ssj2008 V1.01. This release adds usability upgrades as well as updates to the Run and Reporting Rules, the Design documentation and SPEC's Power and Performance Methodology. Results from V1.00 are comparable to those from V1.01. Beginning September 10, 2008 all SPECpower_ssj2008 submissions will require the use of version 1.01.
06/03/2008 - SPEC announces the release of CPU2006 V1.1, adding usability and portability upgrades. Results from V1.1 are comparable to those from V1.0 and V1.0.1.
[Older items can be found in the archive.]