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Published inMar 2024
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Ariel Silahian
Ariel Silahian
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Ariel Silahian

Ariel Silahian is a seasoned software engineer with over 20 years of experience in the industry. With a strong background in C++ and .NET C#, Ariel has honed his technical skills to deliver successful projects for a range of financial institutions, including banks and financial trading companies, both domestically and internationally. Thanks to his passion for high-frequency and electronic trading systems he has developed a deep understanding of financial markets, resulting in his proven track record in delivering top-performing systems from scratch. He has also worked on other critical systems such as monitoring systems, machine learning research, and management decision tree systems, and has received recognition for his exceptional work.
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Hardware considerations

When designing a high-performance trading system, while the software architecture and design patterns play a significant role, it’s equally important to consider the underlying hardware on which the system will run. The hardware forms the foundation of our system, and the right choices can significantly enhance the system’s performance, reliability, and scalability. This section explores the key hardware considerations for our trading system, focusing on servers and central processing units (CPUs), the network and NICs, and field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs).

A comprehensive understanding of the hardware infrastructure allows us to fine-tune the system to exploit the hardware’s full potential, ensuring that we achieve the highest possible performance. In a high-stakes trading environment, where even a millisecond can make a huge difference, these hardware considerations are crucial.

It’s important to mention that while these...

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C++ High Performance for Financial Systems
Published in: Mar 2024Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781805124528

Author (1)

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Ariel Silahian

Ariel Silahian is a seasoned software engineer with over 20 years of experience in the industry. With a strong background in C++ and .NET C#, Ariel has honed his technical skills to deliver successful projects for a range of financial institutions, including banks and financial trading companies, both domestically and internationally. Thanks to his passion for high-frequency and electronic trading systems he has developed a deep understanding of financial markets, resulting in his proven track record in delivering top-performing systems from scratch. He has also worked on other critical systems such as monitoring systems, machine learning research, and management decision tree systems, and has received recognition for his exceptional work.
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