Why SpecInt95 should not be used to benchmark embedded systems tools

SIGPLAN Notices (ACM Special Interest Group on Programming Languages)

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 96-103

  Engblom, Jakob ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 17144404613     PISSN: 03621340     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/315253.314470     Document Type: Article

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