http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/10/21/arista_speed/
He says Arista is in a race to zero latency. That is what's needed in high-frequency financial trading where "every micro-second counts", he says. Hell guys - we can do better. We've got some serious physics talent on this list. Zero-latency for making more money on the exchanges than the other brokers? Heck what we need is less than zero latency. We need switches which anticipate what the next packets are, and have already sent them on to the outgoing port. A bit of time travel - shouldn't be too hard for this list now should it? John Hearns | CFD Hardware Specialist | McLaren Racing Limited McLaren Technology Centre, Chertsey Road, Woking, Surrey GU21 4YH, UK T: +44 (0) 1483 261000 D: +44 (0) 1483 262352 F: +44 (0) 1483 261010 E: [email protected] W: www.mclaren.com The contents of this email are confidential and for the exclusive use of the intended recipient. If you receive this email in error you should not copy it, retransmit it, use it or disclose its contents but should return it to the sender immediately and delete your copy. _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, [email protected] sponsored by Penguin Computing To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
