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> I met a trader who suggested I get my code running on FPGA hardware. He didn't know how exactly to get started. Did he say why? It's hard to see what the mot
by beardyw 11mo ago
> I met a trader who suggested I get my code running on FPGA hardware. He didn't know how exactly to get started.
Did he say why? It's hard to see what the motive for this is.
- meifun 11mo agoHe said because it allows for parallel processing, faster execution for realtime processing.
- beardyw 11mo agoI suppose if you are literally only bound by processor speed it might help. But bringing it all together into a working system will take some effort. Had you considered offloading to GPUs instead?
- 392 11mo agoWhat would you plug this FPGA into? Where will you trade? How much more will you make thanks to the FPGA's lower latency?
- TheAlchemist 11mo agoFPGAs are widely used in low latency trading. Most market data feed handlers and order passing adapters are done in FPGAs today - they offer better latency than software solutions and processing time is deterministic. One example of a company offering something like that: https://www.enyx.com/ https://www.enyx.com/ It highly depends on what you're doing, but in trading there is very often a direct reliationship between latency and how much money you can make.