Wall Street turns to video game technologies

The need for speed is as acute as ever on Wall Street. Just about all the hot technologies are, in some form, all about cutting the cost of latency in the most efficient way. So it is not surprising that some Wall Street firms are eyeing video game technologies. Nvidia, the Silicon Valley graphics chip maker, is creating high-performance computing appliances based on more powerful GPUs that have found some buyers in the oil and gas industries, and at universities, reports FinanceTech. Some think they would work out well in a trading environment. GPU vs. CPU will be an interesting battle to watch. There are some advantages to GPUs; they're more powerful and more energy efficient. But the key will be the software, and how fast optimized financial applications can be developed.  

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