Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation

Joining SPEC

Membership in SPEC is open to any interested company or entity that is willing to commit to SPEC's standards.

SPEC is an umbrella organization that covers four groups, each with their own benchmark suites, rules and dues structure:

• Graphics and Workstation Performance Group (GWPG)
  Benchmarks for measuring the performance of professional-level workstations and graphics subsystems.
  Joining SPEC/GWPG
  
  
• High Performance Group (HPG)
  Benchmarking in a numeric computing environment, with emphasis on high-performance numeric computing.
  Joining SPEC/HPG
  
  
• International Standards Group (ISG)
  Established to oversee the establishment of standardized benchmarks primarily developed for the use in government regulations and programs, and collaborates with national and international standard development organizations to enhance global standards.
  Joining SPEC/ISG
  
  
• Open Systems Group (OSG)
  Component- and system-level benchmarks
  Joining SPEC/OSG
  
  
• Research Group (RG)
  Established to promote innovative research on benchmarking methodologies and tools facilitating the development of benchmark suites and performance analysis frameworks for established and newly emerging technologies.
  Joining SPEC's Research Group

Current SPEC Members

SPEC's membership is comprised of more than 120 computer hardware and software vendors, educational institutions, research organizations, and government agencies worldwide.