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APC Benchmarking Group
Seeks Partnerships with Publications
The Application Performance Characterization (APC) project group is seeking
help from publication editors and testing lab directors who have developed
benchmarks or are interested in the benchmarking process. The group is
currently developing a suite of standardized benchmarks based on
graphics-intensive applications. The non-profit APC group is part of
SPEC’s Graphics Performance Characterization (GPC) Group. Current members
include Compaq, Digital Equipment Corp., Dynamic Pictures Inc., Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Intel,
Intergraph, Real 3D, Silicon Graphics and Sun Microsystems
It is the APC’s belief that end users of graphics applications will
benefit greatly from a broad-ranging set of benchmarks focusing on the
graphics portions of applications in CAD/CAM/CAE, visualization, simulation,
industrial design, animation, AEC and games. The APC group wants to work
directly with publication editors and testing lab directors to develop
benchmarks that reflect the real-world work of graphics users. Here are
some of the benefits of working with the APC Group:
- Participation in the development process to ensure that benchmarks reflect real-world user experience.
- Access to beta versions of benchmarks to perform performance testing for applications running on different hardware systems.
- Recognition by APC members of your publication’s role in developing the benchmark.
- Positive marketing exposure from every user of the APC group's benchmark.
- Positive marketing exposure on the GPC Group’s popular Web site.
- Positive marketing exposure for your publication’s work through the use
of the benchmark as a worldwide industry standard.
Contact the APC project group to discuss how we can work together to develop worldwide benchmarking standards.
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