Metamako Launches Triple-FPGA Devices; Slashes Latency

Trading firms may program all three FPGAs to operate in concert, applying their combined power to a single trading strategy. The vendor says that clients deploying the triple-FPGA solution will benefit from near-zero latency links between each FPGA, and will see significantly reduced latency, compared with FPGAs connected via serial links. As a result, clients will be able to scale up the number of trading applications they uses, and run larger and much more complex applications.

“Having such a large amount of power so close to the network edge will revolutionize low latency and determinism in trading,” says Dave Snowdon, chief technology officer at Metamako, in a statement. To truly win the low-latency race, traders must connect directly to the exchange, using the shortest fibers possible. That means getting as much FPGA fabric as close to the exchange as possible.”