SPECopc Cleans Code, Looks to Future with Release of New SPECviewperf 8.1.WARRENTON, Va. -- SPEC/GPC's OpenGL Performance Characterization (SPECopc) project group has released SPECviewperf 8.1, featuring a major code clean-up, new VBO VBO Vertex Buffer Object VBO Vested Benefit Obligation (pension valuation) VBO Valence Band Offset (semiconductor property) VBO Vertical Burnout VBO Vakgebiedsbibliothecarissenoverleg VBO Virtual Battery Operation example code, improvements to the EnSight viewset, and wider platform support. SPECviewperf measures graphics performance for systems running popular CAD/CAM CAD/CAM in full computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing. Integration of design and manufacturing into a system under direct control of digital computers. , digital content creation The development of newsworthy, educational and entertainment material for distribution over the Internet or other electronic media. See DAMS. , and visualization applications. Windows, Linux and Unix versions of SPECviewperf 8.1 can be downloaded without charge on the SPEC/GPC web site (www.spec.org/gpc). Testing results using the new benchmark are also available on the site. SPECviewperf 8.1 results are not comparable to those from previous versions. A major clean-up of code that has been accrued during a decade of development has dramatically reduced compile time The time it takes to translate a program from source language into machine language. Linker time may also be included in compile time. See compile and linker. (programming) compile time for SPECviewperf 8.1. Code now takes about 20 to 30 seconds to compile, compared with 10 to 12 minutes in SPECviewperf 8. The streamlined code is easier to read and understand, making it a more open tool for performance evaluation Performance evaluation The assessment of a manager's results, which involves, first, determining whether the money manager added value by outperforming the established benchmark (performance measurement) and, second, determining how the money manager achieved the calculated return use. Vertex buffer objects - data encapsulated in buffers and stored by the driver in either system or GFX GFX Graphic Effect(s) GFX Global Effects GFX Government Furnished Equipment GFX Graphics Driver GFX Graphics Link File GFX Geforce Fx GFX Graphic Effects memory - have been added to SPECviewperf 8.1 to help users and vendors prepare for the introduction of VBOs into mainstream applications. No performance results using VBOs will be published on the SPEC/GPC web site until they become a part of applications represented by viewsets within SPECviewperf. Changes have been made in the CEI CEI Competitive Enterprise Institute CEI Conferenza Episcopale Italiana (Italian bishop conference) CEI Central European Initiative CEI Comitato Elettrotecnico Italiano (Italian Electrotechnical Committee) EnSight visualization viewset to bring it closer to the behavior of the real application data stream. The new ensight-02 viewset provides the ability to compare display list and immediate mode paths, and additional quality checks for display list results. SPECviewperf 8.1 will also make the benchmark open to more platforms, with added support of Linux 32 and 64, Solaris X86, and Windows 64. "We have made significant changes that will have an immediate impact on the user's experience with SPECviewperf, while also anticipating the future," says Ian Williams, SPECopc chair. "VBOs have been accepted by the OpenGL ARB (Architectural Review Board) and as the industry makes a transition to PCI-Express and 64-bit platforms we expect their adoption to increase. SPECviewperf 8.1 gives users, ISVs and hardware vendors the opportunity to test performance before VBO applications come to market." About SPECviewperf SPECviewperf measures the 3D rendering performance of systems running under the OpenGL application programming interface (API). The benchmark's viewsets represent a similar mix of graphics rendering and manipulation found in actual applications. Current viewsets represent graphics functionality in CATIA A family of 2D and 3D CAD programs from IBM. CATIA was one of the first CAD programs to provide 3D solid modeling. The program was developed by Dassault Systems, a French aerospace company. , Pro/ENGINEER, SolidWorks, Unigraphics, 3ds max, Maya, EnSight and Lightscape applications. About SPECopc SPECopc is a project group of the Graphics Performance Characterization (GPC (1) A PC that uses the Linux-based gOS operating system. See gOS. (2) (GPC Group) Originally the Graphics Performance Characterization committee of the NCGA, the GPC Group is now part of Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC) and oversees the following ) Group, which in turn is part of the Standard Performance Evaluation Corp. (SPEC). SPEC is a non-profit corporation formed to establish, maintain and endorse a standardized set of relevant benchmarks that can be applied to the newest generation of high-performance computers. SPEC's membership includes computer hardware and software vendors, and leading universities and research facilities worldwide. |
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