Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC)

Nominations are now open for SPEC's Kaivalya Dixit Distinguished Dissertation Award, the annual award recognizing outstanding doctoral dissertations in computer #benchmarking, #performance evaluation, and experimental system analysis. The award is open to dissertations defended between October 2022 and September 2024. The winner will receive a $1,000 prize, which will be awarded at the ACM/SPEC International Conference on Performance Engineering (ICPE 2025), taking place in Spring 2025 in Toronto, Canada. The deadline to submit is Sept. 30, 2024. Learn more at: https://ow.ly/9KTx50SmHxY

We are pleased to announce that #SPEC has released a new ISO-compliant version of the #SERT suite. The SERT 2.0.8 suite adds support for regulatory certification with #NVIDIA Grace, #AMD Instinct MI300A, and #Microsoft Pioneer platforms. Additionally, the SERT 2.0.8 suite contains the latest #PTDaemon 1.11.0 interface and support for newer LTS Java versions. Documentation was updated with clarification on closed loop liquid cooling support. Learn more at: https://ow.ly/mH7o50SgcJ0

SPEC is excited to announce 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. The updated benchmark consists of 48 graphics tests and 12 CPU tests, exercising a full range of graphics and CPU functionality. Learn more here: https://ow.ly/fOaW50RGgAm #SPEC #Graphics #Performance #Solidworks

Last week's ACM/Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC) ICPE conference was a great success. Heard about many great projects on #Performance Engineering. If you could not attend, you can catch up by reading the papers in the proceedings: https://lnkd.in/ePHTBkqx Many thanks to a great organization team, it was a pleasure to work with you all :) Picture and wooden plaques credit: Klaus-Dieter Lange cc: William Knottenbelt Weiyi Shang Alexander Podelko

SPEC is very excited to recognize AMD’s Alexander Carlton with the SPEC 2024 Presidential Award! A dedicated member of SPEC for more than 30 years, Alexander has committed countless time and resources in making SPEC a better organization. Read more about his facinating history with SPEC here: https://bit.ly/3wCPQ1c Congratulations Alexander! #performancebenchmarking

What makes a good graphics computing system performance benchmark? We have thoughts! Check out this great article from Ross Cunniff, chair of SPEC's Graphics Performance Characterization Committee, and Chandra Sakthivel, chair of SPEC’s Workstation Performance Characterization Committee, via Jon Peddie Research https://ow.ly/AXlO50QLTjr #graphics #performance #benchmarking

Ever wondered how the SPECapc benchmarks are used in real life? Check out this great user story for the SPECapc for Maya 2024 benchmark! https://ow.ly/PWCP50QJKwC #performance #benchmarks #graphics #Autodesk

Ever wondered how the SPECapc benchmarks are used in real life? Check out this great user story for the SPECapc for Maya 2024 benchmark! https://ow.ly/PWCP50QJKwC #performance #benchmarks #graphics #Autodesk

Our friends at Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC) have been fabulous partners helping MLCommons to drive efficient AI through the #MLPerf benchmarks for Inference and Training. Thanks for your work, it's been great to build on top of your expertise. Let's make the world of AI more efficient!

Excited to unveil a new version of the PTDaemon interface, the software that allows power measurement devices to be incorporated into performance evaluation software. PTDaemon simplifies power and temperature benchmarking with SPEC benchmarks, eliminating the need to understand and adapt to different power analyzer interface protocols and behaviors. The latest version includes: ⭐New support for the ZES LMG600 series of power analyzers ⭐Linux support for TFA Dostmann and Cleware USB temperature sensors ⭐and more! It’s a great day for accurate power measurement! Using PTDaemon? Be sure to apply the update using the SPEC updater tool. Learn more at: https://bit.ly/42WlO4H #powermeasurement #energyefficiency