What is “Ryzen”? “Ryzen” (code-name ZP aka “Zeppelin”) is the latest generation CPU from AMD (2017) replacing the previous “Vishera”/”Bulldozer” designs for desktop and server platforms. An APU version with an integrated (GP)GPU will be launched later (Ryzen2) and likely include a few improvements as well. This is the “make … Read more…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Press Office SiSoftware Sandra Platinum (2017) Released: Brand-new benchmarks, hardware support Superseded By: SiSoftware Sandra Titanium (2018) Updates: RTMa, RTMc, SP1, SP1a, SP2, SP3, SP4. London, UK, March 24th 2017 – We are pleased to announce the launch of SiSoftware Sandra Platinum (2017), the latest version … Read more…
As we move towards 2017, we have not forgotten our users with the just released SP3 for Sandra 2016 adding many additions and fixes to keep it up-to-date with new developments: NVMe SSD support (Windows 10, Samsung, Intel) nVidia CUDA 8 SDK support with native nVidia Pascal SM6.x hardware support … Read more…
We are now providing Sandra USB versions on one of the fastest USB3 flash disks – the SanDisk* Extreme! With read bandwidth ~200MB/s you won’t be waiting for Sandra to start off the USB drive (write speed is not bad either at ~60MB/s). Now they are not the smallest of … Read more…
Intel has launched the Broadwell-E (6900,6800 series) CPU for 2011 platform (X99). Is it worth upgrading from your 5800 Haswell-E? Here some reviews that contain Sandra benchmarks to help you make your decision: Intel Core I7 6950X Extreme Edition Broadwell-E CPU Review @ OverClockersClub MSI X99A Gaming Pro Carbon Broadwell-E … Read more…
For the month of May we have a new promotion, a FREE SiSoftware USB drive with any purchase of SANDRA Personal or Business Edition: SANDRA 2016 Spring Promotion @ Jagged Onine
We are happy to release SP2 (Service Pack 2) to SiSoftware Sandra 2016. This new version has been built with the updated tools in order to extract the maximum performance out of the latest hardware and also contains minor additions and fixes: Spanish Help file translation courtesy of Antonio Pérez … Read more…
We are happy to release SP1a (Service Pack 1a) to SiSoftware Sandra 2016. This is a minor update that improves stability and adds a few optimisations that were developed after further testing of SP1 release. The SP1a update also enables the Marbling: Perlin Noise 2D (3 octaves) Filter for both … Read more…
We are happy to release SP1 (Service Pack 1) to SiSoftware Sandra 2016. This release introduces initial AVX512 benchmarks with all SIMD benchmarks due to be ported once compiler support becomes available: – CPU Multi-Media (Fractal Generation): single, double floating-point; integer, long benchmarks ported to AVX512. [See article Future performance … Read more…
What is AVX512? AVX512 is a new SIMD instruction set operating on 512-bit registers that is the natural progression from FMA/AVX (256-bit registers). It was first introduced with Intel’ “Phi” co-processor (Intel’s answer to GPGPUs) and now a version of it is making its way to CPUs themselves. Why is … Read more…
For February 2016 – and soon to arrive Valentine’s Day – we have some promotions for you to enjoy: Sandra Personal – 50% Off! ($24.99 from $49.99) Sandra Business Edition – Free Power Bank Sandra Tech Support Edition – Free USB Keyring and Power Bank Happy Valentine’s Day (in advance) … Read more…
For January 2016 we have two new promotions: buy the Sandra 2016 Business of Tech Support Edition and receive a free USB power bank (emergency charger)!
We at SiSoftware would like to wish you a Merry Christmas & Happy New Year 2016 and all the very best! Thank you for using our software and look out for new exciting features in the New Year!
What is RyuJIT? “RyuJIT” is the code-name of the latest CLR of .Net 4.6 as included in Windows 10 (with updates available for Windows 8.1, 8, 7) that includes a variety of performance optimisations as well as new features like vectorised/SIMD native support. Why do we need .Net Vector support? … Read more…
