Supermicro launches new low latency solution to drive increased trading performance and reliability

“HFT has become synonymous with speed and in a world where being first is everything and second is nothing, every element of performance matters. But from a technology perspective, having the fastest technical capabilities does not automatically lead to the highest profits. It is no good having the fastest gigahertz if your competitor has a solution that delivers a more consistent overall trading experience,” said Mariano Salomon, FSI business manager at Supermicro UK. “As firms continue to process increasingly large volumes of trades in smaller timeframes, the consistency of the Hyper-Speed product line ensures the fastest overall performance with maximum reliability for the most demanding trading environments.”
The launch of the Hyper-Speed 6027AX-72RF/TRF-HFT3 comes at a time where high speed trading continues to be a highly prominent form of market making, with global HFT trading volume set to increase by more than 20% by the end of 2013, according to TABB Group. Traditionally dominant across equities and commodities, the practice is starting to become more influential across other asset classes such as foreign exchange (FX), where HFT now accounts for over 40 per cent of the global currency trading.

Salomon went on to say, “With HFT now powering such a large percentage of trading volume across multiple asset classes, market participants can ill-afford to ignore the importance of ensuring continuous uptime. Any drop in performance could lead to significant losses at the end of the trading day. This is why we are seeing more and more firms invest both time and capital in the technology that underpins this complex form of market making. Supermicro is able to optimize that investment by delivering a complete HFT solution with minimal hardware tuning and enterprise-class reliability and manageability.”