Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!mips.com!rnovak From: rnovak@mips.com (Robert E. Novak) Newsgroups: comp.benchmarks Subject: Re: SPEC info Message-ID: <43088@mips.mips.COM> Date: 12 Nov 90 19:36:55 GMT References: <15710@cbmvax.commodore.com> Sender: news@mips.COM Reply-To: rnovak@mips.com (Robert E. Novak) Lines: 55 In article , knighten@Encore.com (Robert L. Knighten) writes: > 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. There are no individual memberships for SPEC. However, SPEC has approved a special membership program for non-profit organizations and educational institutions at a significantly reduced initiation and membership fee. > > "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. Although no membership is required to report results in the press or other media, publication in the newsletter is restricted to members. SPEC is actively seeking to broaden its membership with user organizations (E.G. Houston 30 - please contact SPEC!). The current membership is highly biased by computer manufacturers only. > > 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 --- Robert E. Novak Mail Stop 5-10, MIPS Computer Systems, Inc. {ames,decwrl,pyramid}!mips!rnovak 950 DeGuigne Drive, Sunnyvale, CA 94086 rnovak@mips.COM (rnovak%mips.COM@ames.arc.nasa.gov) +1 408 524-7183