On the use of SPEC benchmarks in computer architecture research

Authors:
Reinhold Weicker
Affiliations:
Siemens Nixdorf, OEC HES PM4, 33094 Paderbom / Germany
Venue:
ACM SIGARCH Computer Architecture News
Year:
1997

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Abstract

Benchmarks, in particular the SPEC CPU benchmarks, are frequently used in academic computer research. With ASPLOS-7 as an example, observations about such usage are reported, and suggestions are made for a meaningful use of benchmarks in computer architecture research. Forward-looking computer architecture research may need more than one benchmark collection.