Members of the SPEC/GWPG committee and colleagues within their companies provided significant contributions to three major benchmark releases in 2018:

• SPECviewperf 13, featuring new volume visualization viewsets for energy and medical applications, a redesigned GUI, improved scoring and reporting methods, and updated viewsets to support more recent application versions.
• SPECapc for SolidWorks 2017, an update of SPECapc's performance evaluation software that features order-independent transparency and full-scene anti-aliasing for higher-quality visuals.
• SPECworkstation 3, an all-new version of SPEC's comprehensive benchmark for measuring complete workstation performance based on a wide range of professional applications.

SPEC/GWPG award winners. Front: Alex Shows, with Tom Fisher on the phone. Rear from left: Allen Jensen, Ashley Cowart, Ross Cunniff, Trey Morton, Jon Konieczny, Peter Torvi.