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Major new versions of SPECviewperf coming on its 30th anniversary

Major versions of SPECviewperf and SPECwpc (to be renamed SPECworkstation) are on tap for Q2 of this year. SPECviewperf 13 will feature new volume visualization viewsets for energy and medical applications, radically new shaders, and updated viewsets to match more recent versions of the applications on which they are based. SPECworkstation 3.0 will include new GPU performance measurement, completely redesigned ...

Jon Peddie

Major versions of SPECviewperf and SPECwpc (to be renamed SPECworkstation) are on tap for Q2 of this year. SPECviewperf 13 will feature new volume visualization viewsets for energy and medical applications, radically new shaders, and updated viewsets to match more recent versions of the applications on which they are based. SPECworkstation 3.0 will include new GPU performance measurement, completely redesigned storage workloads based on real application traces, and improved results validation and error reporting. Both benchmarks will benefit from the new standardized GUI being implemented across all SPEC/GWPG products. SPEC/GWPG benchmarks are free to everyone but sellers of computer equipment
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