xCelor Adds FPGA Filtering, ‘Muxing’ to Single-Digit Nanosecond Switch

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Like the first XPM switches introduced earlier this year (IMD, Jan. 22), XPM² replicates market data between ports on the switch with latency of 2 to 4 nanoseconds, but also features an Altera Stratix V FPGA card to perform data-intensive processes, and an Intel Xeon motherboard on which firms can run proprietary functions, such as trading strategies.

Rob Walker, xCelor chief technology officer, says XPM² is designed to be an “empty vessel” into which the vendor and clients can plug different

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Systematic tools gain favor in fixed income

Automation is enabling systematic strategies in fixed income that were previously reserved for equities trading. The tech gap between the two may be closing, but differences remain.

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