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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).

SPEC Delivers New SPECapc for Solidworks 2024 Benchmark May 14, 2024 GAINESVILLE, Va., May 14, 2024 — The Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC), the trusted global leader in computing benchmarks, today announced the availability of the SPECapc for Solidworks 2024 benchmark, an update to SPEC’s performance evaluation software for vendors and users of computing systems running Dassault Systèmes Solidworks 2024 CAD/CAM software. “As Dassault Systèmes improves Solidworks every year, SPEC is committed to keeping the SPECapc for Solidworks benchmark aligned with the latest features and capabilities,” said SPECapc Chair Jessica Heerboth.

SPEC Updates PTDaemon Interface to Meet Evolving Industry Requirements GAINESVILLE, Va., Feb. 22,2024 — The Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC), the trusted global leader in computing benchmarks, today announced it has released a new version of the PTDaemon interface, the software that allows power measurement devices to be incorporated into performance evaluation software. PTDaemon greatly simplifies power and temperature benchmarking with SPEC benchmarks, eliminating the need to understand and adapt to different power analyzer interface protocols and behaviors.

SPEC Delivers Major Update to SPECaccel Benchmark Suite GAINESVILLE, Va., Nov. 9, 2023 — The Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC), the trusted global leader in computing benchmarks, today announced the availability of the SPECaccel 2023 benchmark suite, a major update to the SPEC ACCEL v1.4 benchmark. The SPECaccel 2023 benchmark suite measures the performance of key system components using computationally intensive parallel applications running under the OpenACC and OpenMP target offloading APIs.

The Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation Welcomes EEMBC as the New Embedded Group SPEC Broadens Portfolio with Addition of Embedded Microprocessor Benchmarks, Creating the Industry’s Most Comprehensive Organization for Computer Performance Benchmark Standards GAINESVILLE, Va., Oct. 30, 2023 — The Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC), the trusted global leader in computing benchmarks, today announced that EEMBC, the 25-year-old Embedded Microprocessor Benchmark Consortium, has become SPEC’s new Embedded Group (SPEC EG). EEMBC is known for developing industry-standard benchmarks for measuring the performance and energy efficiency of embedded processor hardware and software used in autonomous driving, mobile imaging, the Internet of Things (IoT), mobile devices, and more.

SPEC Delivers Major Update to SPECapc for PTC Creo 9 July 25, 2023 GAINESVILLE, Va., July 25, 2023 – The Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC) today announced the availability of the SPECapc for Creo 9 benchmark, a major update to the worldwide standard for measuring the performance of computing systems running PTC Creo 9, a popular 3D CAD solution that now includes support for generative design, real-time simulation, advanced manufacturing, industrial IoT and augmented reality.

SPEC Forms Client Systems Standardized Benchmark Committee GAINESVILLE, Va., Dec. 14, 2022 — The Standard Performance Evaluation Corp. (SPEC) announces that the International Standards Group (ISG) has formed the Client Efficiency Committee to oversee the establishment and development of standardized client computing benchmarks for use primarily in national and international standards organizations, governmental regulations and energy efficiency programs for client computing systems. The benchmarks will focus on application types that are often used on notebooks, desktops and workstations.