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indeed. > If they don't have an FPGA engineer, or have a very small team, they are not serious about finance, or they are just dumb. are FPGAs that core to Fi
by marstall 5y ago
indeed.
> If they don't have an FPGA engineer, or have a very small team, they are not serious about finance, or they are just dumb.
are FPGAs that core to Finance writ large?
- mgaunard 5y agoNot really. There are only a few financial instruments worldwide where very low latency matters, and there you'd be competing against people who have invested millions in custom transceivers, so it's unlikely FPGA work on a readymade board is really going to make much of a difference. But like all industries, there are many factors that contribute to success. FPGA work might help improve things a bit even if you're not the best.
- pgwhalen 5y agoNo. A large majority of trading strategies don't require the low latency that FPGAs help provide. There is some truth to this statement though, if such a firm is trying to pursue a certain kind of strategy - to compete on latency, some of your business must be in hardware.