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08/07/2026

Heading to the OCP APAC Summit in Taipei next week?

Make sure to drop by Room 701H to catch SPEC President David Reiner presenting the future of server CPU benchmarking!

With the rise of agentic AI, custom cloud silicon, and new ISAs, the data center landscape is shifting fast. David will cover what’s new in SPEC CPU 2026—the 7th major release of the gold standard for measuring CPU, memory, and compiler performance.

Session Details:
Topic: SPEC CPU 2026 - What's new, what's improved, and why it matters
When: Wednesday, Aug 12 | 3:00 PM – 3:15 PM
Where: Room 701H (7th Floor), TaiNEX 2 (Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center)

If you'll be at TaiNEX 2, drop a comment below or stop by the session to connect! Learn more at: https://ow.ly/tV3k50ZxG2O

The Open Compute Project (OCP) is bringing together APAC communities for a very special two-day, in-person Summit to explore the many challenges and opportunities facing data center infrastructure, today and tomorrow. The OCP APAC Summit will showcase the latest innovations and technical advancement...

07/22/2026

Attending SIGGRAPH in LA this week? 🎨💻

Graphics benchmark scores get used all the time to compare systems and guide purchasing decisions—but a single score can easily hide what’s actually happening under the hood.

Join us tomorrow morning for our Birds of a Feather session, "Beyond the Score: Interpreting Graphics Benchmark Results for Better System Decisions."

We’ll be breaking down how workload design, display resolution, system balance, driver behavior, and software optimization shape performance in the real world—so you can make smarter hardware choices.

🗓️ Thursday, July 23
⏰ 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
📍 LA Convention Center, Room 518
🔗 Add it to your schedule: https://ow.ly/vBlo50ZrtVy

Hope to see you there!

05/05/2026

SPEC CPU 2026 is here! 🚀

We are proud to announce the availability of the SPEC CPU 2026 benchmark suites, the industry gold standard for vendor-neutral compute performance.

For 37 years, SPEC CPU has been the trusted "yardstick" for server buyers. This update reflects a massive multi-year collaboration between competing organizations to ensure performance metrics reflect today’s real-world software and hardware evolution.

A True Industry Collaboration

This release was made possible by the dedicated effort of the SPEC CPU committee members, including:

AMD, Ampere Computing, Arm, Dell Technologies, HPE, IBM, IEIT Systems, Intel Corporation, NVIDIA, Oracle, and SiFive.

What’s New?

➡️ 52 Real-World Benchmarks: Expanded from 43 to include modern workloads like an LLVM optimizing compiler and a Python interpreter.

➡️ Multidisciplinary Growth: Expanded to a wider array of domains—from scientific areas like astrophysics and flight dynamics to general-purpose areas like databases, EDA, and graph analytics.

➡️ Modern Language Support: Full compliance with C++17, C18, and Fortran 2018.

➡️ Next-Gen Scalability: Memory utilization has been quadrupled to 64GB to properly stress high-core-count CPUs and high-density hardware.

➡️ Expanded Datacenter Support: Formalized methodologies for bare-metal cloud platforms, ensuring relevance for both on-prem and cloud deployments.

Whether you are a server buyer, a system architect, or a hardware engineer, the SPEC CPU 2026 benchmark suites provide the unbiased, relevant insights needed to make informed technology investments.

Beyond Servers
While primarily for servers, these suites provide valuable insights for workstations, laptops, tablets, and smartphones as well. Whether you are a server buyer, a system architect, or a hardware engineer, SPEC CPU 2026 provides the unbiased, relevant insights needed to make informed technology investments across the entire compute spectrum.

🔗 Download the suites and read the full announcement here: https://ow.ly/6iI950YV3Jg