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SPEC Delivers SPECviewperf 15 Benchmark with New Graphics APIs and Workloads, Support for New Application Versions
SPEC Delivers SPECviewperf 15 Benchmark with New Graphics APIs and Workloads, Support for New Application Versions GAINESVILLE, Va., May 1, 2025 — The Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC), the trusted global leader in computing benchmarks, today announced the availability of the SPECviewperf 15 benchmark, a significant update to the worldwide standard for measuring graphics performance based on professional applications. The SPECviewperf 15 benchmark includes new graphics APIs for DirectX 12 and Vulkan, workloads for new industry use cases, and support for the latest versions of the currently represented applications.
Registration open for ICPE 2025

2025-02-04 Registration is open for the 16th annual ACM/SPEC International Conference on Performance Engineering (ICPE 2025), taking place May 5-9, 2024, in Toronto, Canada. For more details, visit the ICPE conference website.

The State of AI/ML Benchmarking: Addressing Gaps and Driving Progress
The State of AI/ML Benchmarking: Addressing Gaps and Driving Progress

In the rapidly evolving field of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), enhancing the accuracy and computational efficiency of large models remains a critical challenge. As of 2024, there are over 100 commercial large language models worldwide, with OpenAI’s ChatGPT boasting more than 500 million users. The swift development of these models is driving significant advances in AI capabilities.

SPECworkstation 4.0 Benchmark Measures Latest Workstation Hardware, Adds AI/ML Workloads
SPECworkstation 4.0 Benchmark Measures Latest Workstation Hardware, Adds AI/ML Workloads

I’m extremely excited that SPEC has announced the release of the SPECworkstation 4.0 benchmark, a major update to SPEC’s comprehensive tool designed to measure all key aspects of workstation performance. This significant upgrade from version 3.1 incorporates cutting-edge features to keep pace with the latest workstation hardware and the evolving demands of professional applications, including the increasing reliance on AI and machine learning (ML).

SPEC Delivers Major SPECworkstation 4.0 Benchmark Update, Adds AI/ML Workloads
SPEC Delivers Major SPECworkstation 4.0 Benchmark Update, Adds AI/ML Workloads December 5, 2024 GAINESVILLE, Va., December 5, 2024 — The Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC), the trusted global leader in computing benchmarks, today announced the availability of the SPECworkstation 4.0 benchmark, a major update to SPEC’s comprehensive tool designed to measure all key aspects of workstation performance. This significant upgrade from version 3.1 incorporates cutting-edge features to keep pace with the latest workstation hardware and the evolving demands of professional applications, including the increasing reliance on data analytics, AI and machine learning (ML).
The Latest News from the SPEC Embedded Group
The Latest News from the SPEC Embedded Group

The first edition of the EG Newsletter is out, giving us a regular opportunity to update the community on everythign happening with SPEC’s Embedded Group.

EG 2024-Q4 What We Are Currently Doing

November 13th, 2024

Welcome to the SPEC Embedded Group Newsletter Q4-2024! EEMBC (Embedded Microprocessor Benchmark Consortium) was merged into SPEC (Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation) as the Embedded Group in October 2023, and we are now up and running. We are also looking for interested companies and organizations to join the group to help us make our Embedded Group benchmarks even better. You can find more information on the Embedded Group, the EEMBC/SPEC merger, and SPEC on our website.
The SPECvirt® Datacenter 2021 Benchmark — An Answer to the Datacenter Architect’s Dilemma
The SPECvirt® Datacenter 2021 Benchmark — An Answer to the Datacenter Architect’s Dilemma

An IT architect designing a virtualization-focused data center faces a variety of crucial choices.

Wrapping Up ICPE 2024: A Milestone Event in Performance Engineering
Wrapping Up ICPE 2024: A Milestone Event in Performance Engineering

We are delighted to share insights and highlights from the recently concluded 15th annual ACM/SPEC International Conference on Performance Engineering (ICPE) 2024, held May 7-11th in the historic and vibrant city of London. ICPE has been the flagship conference in the area of performance engineering over the years and has a tradition of bringing together both academic scholars and industrial practitioners in discussing the recent advances in the area.