Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!wuarchive!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!psuvax1!husc6!encore!knighten From: knighten@Encore.com (Robert L. Knighten) Newsgroups: comp.benchmarks Subject: Re: SPEC info Message-ID: Date: 8 Nov 90 15:54:57 GMT References: <15710@cbmvax.commodore.com> Sender: news@Encore.COM Reply-To: knighten@encore.com (Bob Knighten) Organization: Encore Computer Corp., Marlborough, MA Lines: 32 In-reply-to: jesup@cbmvax.commodore.com's message of 8 Nov 90 07:45:17 GMT The address and phone number for contacting SPEC: SPEC c/o Waterside Associates 39510 Paseo Padre Parkway Suite 350 Fremont, CA 94538 (415) 792-3334 Subscription to the SPEC Newsletter and SPEC Benchmark Results is $399. A copy of the SPEC Benchmark tape together with a one year subscription to the SPEC Newsletter is $699. Membership in SPEC is open only to companies. There is a $10,000 initiation fee and $5,000 annual dues. "The SPEC Benchmark results reported in the Benchmark Results section of the SPEC Newsletter are submitted to SPEC by the reporting companies. Each reporting company has represented to SPEC that it has used the SPEC Benchmark Suite to measure the the performance of its own computers, that the measurements were conducted fairly and honestly, and that the results reported are accurate and verifiable." [Quoted from SPEC Newsletter Benchmark Results, Spring 1990] There is not a requirement of membership for reporting. This information was gleaned from the most recent issues of the SPEC Newsletter, but I may have confused something. -- Bob Knighten Encore Computer Corp., 257 Cedar Hill Street, Marlborough, MA 01752 Internet: knighten@encore.com (508) 460-0500 ext. 2626 uucp: {bu-cs,decvax,gould}!encore!knighten