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STAC accelerates financial technology decisions through rigorous, vendor-neutral research and industry-defining benchmarks. 

News & updates

Stay informed with benchmark releases, research highlights, and event takeaways from the front lines of financial technology. 
STAC Report
Posted: July 2, 2025
Vault Report: STAC-AI™ LANG6 on NVIDIA GH200 Grace Hopper Superchip
NVIDIA publish unaudited STAC-AI inferencing benchmark results for GH200
STAC Report
Posted: May 19, 2025
Vault Report: STAC-A2 Risk Computation on 2x Intel 6980P Processors with RDIMMs
Intel recently performed the STAC-A2 Benchmark tests on a stack consisting of 2 x Intel Xeon 6980P P
STAC Report
Posted: May 13, 2025
STAC Report: STAC-A2 Pack for oneAPI (Rev R) with 2 x Intel Xeon 6980P Processors, Micron MRDIMMs and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.5
STAC recently performed STAC-A2 Benchmark tests on a stack consisting of 2 x Intel Xeon 6980P Proces
STAC Report
Posted: May 8, 2025
Research Note: Comparing LLM Benchmarking Frameworks
We recently conducted a study comparing multiple LLM benchmarking frameworks, including the STAC-AI™

Upcoming events

From deep-dive special interest groups to high-impact STAC Summits, our events bring serious technologists together to exchange ideas, challenge assumptions, and shape the next wave of innovation. 

11 Sep 2025

Stac Summit – Sydney

  • Sydney

18 Sep 2025

STAC Summit – Tokyo

  • Tokyo

7 Oct 2025

STAC Summit – London

  • London

28 Oct 2025

STAC Summit – New York

  • New York

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For over 15 years, STAC has helped financial institutions and technology vendors cut through complexity with data-driven insight.

Our benchmarks, research, and events provide the truth beneath the hype—so you can evaluate, compare, and adopt technology with confidence. 

STAC Benchmarks™

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STAC Events

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What you Get

Recognizing Key Contributors

3 Reports Completed

NVIDIA

Description Text: NVIDIA provides GPU accelerators that help financial service firms drive their business faster, with better analytics, at lower cost, through AI or traditional

computational finance. In addition, an ecosystem of software and service vendors can accelerate time to market of NVIDIA-based solutions.

3 Reports Completed

INTEL

Description Text: Intel is a leading provider of compute, storage, and networking technology. In financial services, Intel-enabled solutions help enterprises become more insightful, agile, secure, and efficient.

3 Reports Completed

KX

Description Text: KX provides the kdb+ time-series database, a leader in high-performance, streaming, real-time and historical data analytics. KX also offers a broad suite of business intelligence tools and solutions with rich visualization capabilities built on kdb+.

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Testimonials

I wanted to thank the organizers of the STAC NY Event.  I enjoyed sharing my insights on the panel "Responsible AI" with my colleagues.  Glad to see Responsible AI taking centre stage in conversations now.  It is a pivotal movement in AI development.

Deepakc Dube

PhD

Thanks for inviting us at Hyperspace to participate and present.  It was a fantastic first experience for us - and a great change to dive into the future of real-time RAG!

Ohad Levi

Co-founder & CEO Hyperspace

The STAC Summit in NY was an excellent high value event.  The content and sessions were superb, especially merging the AI components, which is certainly relevant to this space.

Floyd Christofferson

VP Hammerspace

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