Where Is Hardware's Innovation?
Earlier this week, I spoke to a contact in the networking industry about the state of private investment in hardware vendors. We concluded that times have certainly changed, as innovations in hardware have been supplanted by interest in social media firms with sizable user bases.
I cut my teeth as a technology journalist watching Ethernet beat out other networking technologies like Token Ring and Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) to become the dominant standard. Ethernet then begat Fast Ethernet and finally Gigabit Ethernet (GbE). Now that bonded 10 GbE connections can link to cloud computing environments powered by multi-core 2.6 GHz processors, have these technologies reached their pinnacle of performance until the next disruptive technologies pop up?
Conversations about hardware these days seem to focus on how to reduce power consumption, and how to scale out rather than up.
The most disruptive trend seems to be the offloading of computing workload to field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) and graphical processing units (GPUs). More and more offerings have taken on the characteristics of computing appliances rather than full-blown servers. But since appliances have always had the negative connotation of vendor lock-in, will their benefits be strong enough to overcome these concerns?
Send me your thoughts at rob.daly@incisivemedia.com.
Only users who have a paid subscription or are part of a corporate subscription are able to print or copy content.
To access these options, along with all other subscription benefits, please contact info@waterstechnology.com or view our subscription options here: http://subscriptions.waterstechnology.com/subscribe
You are currently unable to print this content. Please contact info@waterstechnology.com to find out more.
You are currently unable to copy this content. Please contact info@waterstechnology.com to find out more.
Copyright Infopro Digital Limited. All rights reserved.
You may share this content using our article tools. Printing this content is for the sole use of the Authorised User (named subscriber), as outlined in our terms and conditions - https://www.infopro-insight.com/terms-conditions/insight-subscriptions/
If you would like to purchase additional rights please email info@waterstechnology.com
Copyright Infopro Digital Limited. All rights reserved.
You may share this content using our article tools. Copying this content is for the sole use of the Authorised User (named subscriber), as outlined in our terms and conditions - https://www.infopro-insight.com/terms-conditions/insight-subscriptions/
If you would like to purchase additional rights please email info@waterstechnology.com
More on Trading Tech
Nasdaq to market new options strike listing tech to other exchanges
The exchange operator is experimenting with emerging technologies to determine which options strike prices belong in a crowded market, with hopes to sell the tech to its peers.
The IMD Wrap: Talk about ‘live’ data, NAFIS 2024 is here
This year’s North American Financial Information Summit takes place this week, with an expanded agenda. Max highlights some of the must-attend sessions and new topics. But first, a history lesson...
MarketAxess builds strategy around X-Pro
MarketAxess profits were down in Q1, but revenues were up and automation volume hit a record $94 billion.
Canada’s triparty repo launch aims to fill C$60bn void
Test trades on TMX/Clearstream platform represent “quantum leap” for creaking funding markets.
People Moves: NorQuant, Tradition, Duco, HKEx, SimCorp, Hazeltree, Xceptor, Broadridge, and more
A look at the past month’s people moves in the capital markets technology and data space.
Bank-led consortium takes aim at position reporting
Five banks, including Barclays, BNP Paribas, Goldman Sachs and HSBC, have joined forces to mitigate interpretation and implementation errors in position reporting disclosures.
This Week: BBH, AllianceBernstein add data solutions, Deutsche Börse-Nodal Exchange, and more
A summary of some of the latest financial technology news.
Consortium backs BGC’s effort to challenge CME
Banks and market makers—including BofA, Citi, Goldman, Jump and Tower—will have a 26% stake in FMX.
Most read
- Waters Wavelength Podcast: Bloomberg’s Tony McManus
- Waters Wavelength Podcast: S&P’s CTO on AI, data, and the future of datacenters
- IMD & IRD Awards 2024: All the winners