Every microsecond, and HFT people rent datacenter space the closest possible to physical exchanges... When speed of light is your main concern, maybe the Linux

Every microsecond, and HFT people rent datacenter space the closest possible to physical exchanges... When speed of light is your main concern, maybe the Linux kernel is not your friend anymore (although dpdk can help here). I'm happy people keep pushing the kernel so hard, and still try to keep the kernel generic and composable, so we can profit from this huge, amazing work.