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Press Releases from 2023

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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.