Topics

• Deep Packet Inspection Benchmark Project Update
• Update on BrowsingBench
• Call for Presentations Related to Embedded Processor Benchmarking
• Floating-Point Working Group Progress
• New CoreMark Scores
• Speak out on the EEMBC blog
• Upcoming Events

Deep Packet Inspection (DPIBench^TM) Benchmark Project

Chaired by Jeff Caldwell of SonicWALL, the DPIBench working group continues to move forward on development of its suite of network security performance benchmarks for measuring DPI product throughput.

During our October 27^th meeting, we discussed topics such as virus signature utilization, ramp-up/ramp-down time, and traffic payload. One of the proposals that we agreed to was that the DPIBench methodology will use a varying set of virus patterns injected into the tests based on monthly wildlist.org updates. This is to validate that devices protect against current threats. Consideration was also given to achieving exact reproducibility and the granularity of reported DPIMark numbers.

White paper on this topic.

Example systems targeted by DPIBench:

• CheckPoint UTM-1
• Cisco ISR-G2
• Fortinet Fortigate
• Juniper Networks SRX
• McAfee Firewall Enterprise
• Netgear Prosecure
• Palo Alto Networks PA Series
• SonicWALL NSA
• Watchguard Firebox
• Zyxel ZyWALL

Participation is open to all EEMBC Networking subcommittee and Board of Directors members. For further information on joining, please contact Markus Levy, EEMBC president.

Update on BrowsingBench

BrowsingBench, a benchmark to measure the user’s browser experience, is now in beta, and is available for testing. This benchmark utilizes a unique approach previously unavailable in any browser-related benchmark.

Participation is open to all EEMBC Consumer subcommittee and Board of Directors members. For further information on joining, please contact Markus Levy, EEMBC president.

Call for Presentations Related to Embedded Processor Benchmarking

The Multicore Technical Conference and Expo is looking for more interesting presentations related to benchmarking and multicore processors. For more information and to submit your presentation title and abstract, go to www.multicore-expo.com

Floating-Point Working Group Progress

Progress continues with EEMBC’s new Floating-Point benchmark project. The overall direction of this working group has been decided and we are now in the benchmark development phase.

Participation is open to all EEMBC members. For further information on joining, please contact Markus Levy, EEMBC president.

New CoreMark Scores

Over 2400 users have downloaded the CoreMark benchmark, with 186 scores posted to the website. During the prior two months, users have posted CoreMark scores for the following processor/compiler combinations:

Speak out on the EEMBC blog

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Upcoming Events

At the Embedded Software Engineering Kongress, join EEMBC president Markus Levy, on December 7-9, 2010 — Sindelfingen, Germany, where he will be presenting "The Challenges, Options, and Advantages of Designing with Multicore Technology" on December 9 at 9:45am EEMBC will also be exhibiting. For more information: www.ese-kongress.de/english