Difficulty: Medium
Category: Networking & Systems
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Topics: fpga, cpu, latency, hft, order-processing, systems
High-frequency trading (HFT) firms prioritize minimizing latency in order execution. You are designing a trading system and must choose between using a CPU-based architecture or an FPGA-based architecture for order processing. Consider the following factors: Deterministic Latency: The consistency of processing time is crucial. Operating System Overhead: CPUs require operating systems that introduce jitter and context switching. Parallelism: The ability to execute tasks concurrently.
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