SPEC to develop energy metrics for servers

Vikingod · May 17, 2006, 12:35 PM

Press Release: SPEC
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The non-profit Standard Performance Evaluation Corp. (SPEC) has formed a new committee to develop standard methods and metrics for comparing energy use of server-class computers.

"Balancing performance with power consumption has emerged as a major issue for datacenter managers, computer manufacturers, government, and the industry at large," says Larry Gray, chair of the newly formed SPEC Power-Performance Committee. "SPEC is particularly well-positioned to tackle this challenging task, given the organization's experience and expertise in system performance measures and the breadth of our existing benchmarks."

May 17, 2006, 12:35 PM	#1
Vikingod Int'l Fish Liaison Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: By the light of lamp I sit and type... Posts: 16,197 Rep Power: 112 System Specs	SPEC to develop energy metrics for servers Press Release: SPEC __________ The non-profit Standard Performance Evaluation Corp. (SPEC) has formed a new committee to develop standard methods and metrics for comparing energy use of server-class computers. "Balancing performance with power consumption has emerged as a major issue for datacenter managers, computer manufacturers, government, and the industry at large," says Larry Gray, chair of the newly formed SPEC Power-Performance Committee. "SPEC is particularly well-positioned to tackle this challenging task, given the organization's experience and expertise in system performance measures and the breadth of our existing benchmarks."