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2022-09-28 The OSG CPU Committee extended the SPEC CPU v8 Search Program deadline to March 13, 2023. The committee encourages all interested parties, whether a SPEC member or not, to submit applications to the SPEC CPU v8 Search Program so they may have a chance to be a part of the next SPEC CPU suite. For more information, please see http://www.spec.org/cpuv8
2022-10-25 SPEC formally announced the formation of the International Standards Group (ISG) to collaborate with international stakeholders to develop and enhance standardized server, client and datacenter benchmarks for use primarily in government regulations and compliance programs related to energy use and sustainability.
2022-10-18 The SPECapc® project group has released the SPECapc® for Solidworks 2022 benchmark. The updated benchmark offers application performance measurement for workstations running Dassault Systèmes Solidworks 2022, the latest version of the CAD/CAM application.
Graphics requirements continue to evolve rapidly, and the SPEC® Graphics Performance Committee has responded with the release of the SPECviewperf 2020 v3.1 benchmark, a key update to the worldwide standard for measuring graphics performance. We’ve added support for Microsoft Windows 11, which is now being installed by OEMs on most new PCs. The new benchmark also offers enhanced GUI support for 4K, making it clearer when 3840x2160 resolution has been selected and indicating in results files that a benchmark was run at 4K resolution.
The SPEC Open Systems Group (OSG) reached an important milestone this year with the establishment of the Machine Learning Committee, which is developing practical methodologies for benchmarking artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) performance in the context of real-world platforms and environments.
2022-09-04 The SPECgpc® project group has released the SPECViewperf® 2020 v3.1 benchmark The worldwide standard for measuring graphics performance based on professional applications, the SPECviewperf 2020 benchmark measures the 3D graphics performance of systems running under the OpenGL and DirectX application programming interfaces.
2022-06-14 Check out the latest updates in the SPEC blog, including the new SPECviewperf® 2020 V3.0 benchmark with Linux support and a look at what’s ahead for SPEC.
2022-07-14 SPEC’s High Performance Group announces the availability of the SPEChpc® 2021 V1.1 benchmark, an incremental update to V1.0, and the SPEChpc® Weak Scaling search program to find candidate benchmarks for an upcoming complimentary weak scaling suite. You can read more about the updated SPEChpc 2021 benchmark and the search program in the SPEC blog.
2022-04-11 SPEC has announced the winners of the 2022 SPEC Achievement Awards.