Overview of the SPEC Benchmarks

" The reputation of current benchmarketing claims regarding system performance is on par with the promises made by politicians during elections. " in cooperation with E. E. Times. SPEC is a nonprofit consortium of 22 major computer vendors whose common goals are " to provide the industry with a realistic yardstick to measure the performance of advanced computer systems " and to educate consumers about the performance of vendors' products. SPEC creates, maintains, distributes, and endorses a standardized set of application-oriented programs to be used as benchmarks.

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