NovaSparks Cites Nanosecond Performance of FPGA Data Appliance
NovaSparks has released performance data for its FPGA-based data feed appliance based on the highly volatile market conditions in August, noting average latencies of 400 nanoseconds, and extreme cases of 900 nanoseconds. On test was NovaSparks’ Gen2 appliance, which is based entirely on FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) technology (i.e. unlike some competing products, no...
FX Market Data Woes: Formats, Latency, Cost
StreamBase Systems just released the results of its 3rd annual survey of FX trading and technology issues and trends. Some 135 firms were surveyed, the majority on the buy side. This resulted in lots of facts, figures, pie charts, bar charts, and a few qualitative remarks, with worries about regulation and increased transparency being top...
Q&A: NYSE Technologies’ Brian Doherty on Data Fabric V6 and MultiVerb
NYSE Technologies recently rolled out version 6 of its Data Fabric messaging platform, including significant new functionality for scale out of networks while maintaining very low latency. IntelligentTradingTechnology.com checked in with Brian Doherty, NYSE Technologies’ global product manager for Data Fabric, to find out the how and the what. Q: For Data Fabric 6, you...
IBM Publishes Redpaper: “WebSphere MQ Low Latency Messaging in Financial Exchanges”
Just off the presses is this technical document – IBM refers to them as redpapers – on “WebSphere MQ Low Latency Messaging in Financial Exchanges.” Among other things, it illustrates how to create a “highly available matching engine component,” using the RCMS (Reliable and Consistent Message Streaming) API. For more information, and to download the...
BreakingPoint Adds Latency Monitoring
BreakingPoint Systems – yep, yet another Austin neighbor of mine – which specialises in performance and resiliency testing technology, has introduced network latency monitoring to its FireStorm CTM test suite. Its new BitStream Test Lab is targeted at layer 2/3 testing, and incorporates: – A clock resolution of 10 nanoseconds.– 10 Gigabits per second traffic...
Q&A: George Salemie of RedDot Networks Talks Latency Monitoring and FPGAs
We came across RedDotNetworks at June’s SIFMA show, and were pleasantly surprised they that are based here in Austin, and doing interesting things in the worlds of latency management and FPGA development. So IntelligentTradingTechnology.com caught up with founder George Salemie to find out more about the company, and where it is heading. Q: When did...
Q&A: Cisco’s Dave Malik on New Nexus Switches and Trading Fabric Architectures
Earlier this year, Cisco Systems announced new switches focused firmly on the low-latency trading space, and along with them, it announced its Trading Fabric architecture, setting out how these switches, along with other components, can be deployed to solve real-life application challenges. IntelligentTradingTechnology.com checked in with Cisco’s director of solutions architecture Dave Malik to get some...
Breaking New Ground with Ultra Low Latency Messaging
Inter Thread Communication (ITC) is not a new concept. Developers have been doing it for quite some time. However, doing it fast and well has been tricky. This mimics almost all of the modern day messaging communication primitives, such as IPC and reliable multicast. That is why I believe that ITC is the new ground...
NYSE Technologies Offers Sneak Peak at Data Fabric V6
Ahead of its official launch – which Low-Latency.com will of course be all over – NYSE Technologies’ managing director for enterprise software Brian Doherty has been discussing the latest version of the Data Fabric messaging product. MultiVerb is one of the key enhancements, combining multicast and RDMA paradigms. Says Doherty: “As part of our testing...
Intel Snaps Up Fulcrum Microsystems
Intel is acquiring Fulcrum Microsystems, a developer of interconnect chips leveraged by ethernet switches, such as those from Arista Networks, IBM System Networking (Blade Network Technologies, as was) and Mellanox. While Intel’s big play is all about data centre fabrics and cloud computing, the impact on low-latency networking for the financial markets is clear, given...