Computer Performance Evaluation and Benchmarking: SPEC Benchmark Workshop 2009, Austin, TX, USA, January 25, 2009, Proceedings

This book constitutes the proceedings of the SPEC Benchmark Workshop 2009 held in Austin, Texas, USA on January 25th, 2009. The 9 papers presented were carefully selected and reviewed for inclusion in the book. The result is a collection of high—quality papers discussing current issues in the area of benchmarking research and technology. The topics covered are: benchmark suites, CPU benchmarking, power/thermal benchmarking, and modeling and sampling techniques.