The Embedded Microprocessor Benchmark Consortium have announced a new benchmark suite that tracks the performance of embedded processors with floating-point hardware units, FPMark. FPUs are an increasingly popular and necessary feature to support graphics, audio, motor control, and many other high-end processing tasks. The EEMBC FPMark allows users to evaluate FPU performance on the basis of consistent and controlled data, delivering honest,...

The Embedded Microprocessor Benchmark Consortium today announced its intent to create a standardized, industry-endorsed method to evaluate the energy efficiency of ultra-low power microcontrollers. To date, the industry has lacked a common method to test, validate, and compare the real-world energy consumption of these microcontrollers that target applications such as portable medical devices, security systems, building automation, smart metering...

The Embedded Microprocessor Benchmark Consortium honours five members who have contributed significantly to the development of next-generation industry benchmarks. These individuals have been critical to the successful development of FPBench for floating-point processing tasks, BrowsingBench for smartphone performance, and AndEBench for measuring Android platform performance, along with the ongoing evolution of the popular CoreMark benchmark.