AMD Expands Alveo Portfolio with Launch of World's Fastest Electronic Trading Accelerator in Slim Form Factor for Broad, Cost-Effective Server Deployments
AMD has launched the Alveo UL3422 accelerator card, the latest addition to its family of accelerators for ultra-low latency electronic trading applications. This new card provides:
1. A slim form factor optimized for rack space and cost-effective deployment
2. Ultra-low latency performance with less than 3ns FPGA transceiver latency
3. Powered by an AMD Virtex UltraScale+ FPGA
4. Designed for a fast path to deployment in a wide range of servers
The Alveo UL3422 is half the size of its predecessor, the UL3524, while maintaining equivalent performance. It's supported by ecosystem partners like Exegy, Hypertec, and Xelera Technologies, offering various solutions for rapid implementation of trading strategies. The card is currently available and shipping in production volumes to global financial services customers.
AMD ha lanciato la scheda acceleratrice Alveo UL3422, l'ultima aggiunta alla sua famiglia di acceleratori per applicazioni di trading elettronico a latenza ultrabassa. Questa nuova scheda offre:
1. Un fattore di forma compatto, ottimizzato per lo spazio nei rack e per un'implementazione costo-efficiente
2. Prestazioni a latenza ultrabassa con una latenza del trasmettitore FPGA inferiore a 3ns
3. Alimentata da un FPGA AMD Virtex UltraScale+
4. Progettata per una rapida implementazione in una vasta gamma di server
La Alveo UL3422 è metà delle dimensioni del suo predecessore, la UL3524, mantenendo prestazioni equivalenti. È supportata da partner ecosistemici come Exegy, Hypertec e Xelera Technologies, che offrono varie soluzioni per l'implementazione rapida delle strategie di trading. La scheda è attualmente disponibile e in fase di spedizione in volume di produzione ai clienti dei servizi finanziari a livello globale.
AMD ha lanzado la tarjeta aceleradora Alveo UL3422, la última adición a su familia de aceleradores para aplicaciones de trading electrónico de latencia ultra baja. Esta nueva tarjeta proporciona:
1. Un factor de forma delgado, optimizado para el espacio en rack y una implementación rentable
2. Rendimiento de latencia ultra baja con una latencia de transceptor FPGA de menos de 3ns
3. Alimentada por un FPGA AMD Virtex UltraScale+
4. Diseñada para una rápida implementación en una amplia gama de servidores
La Alveo UL3422 es la mitad del tamaño de su predecesora, la UL3524, mientras mantiene un rendimiento equivalente. Está respaldada por socios del ecosistema como Exegy, Hypertec y Xelera Technologies, que ofrecen diversas soluciones para la implementación rápida de estrategias de trading. La tarjeta está actualmente disponible y en envío en volúmenes de producción a clientes de servicios financieros a nivel global.
AMD는 초저지연 전자 거래 애플리케이션을 위한 가속기 가족의 최신 추가인 Alveo UL3422 가속기 카드를 출시했습니다. 이 새로운 카드는 다음과 같은 기능을 제공합니다:
1. 랙 공간과 비용 효율적인 배치를 위해 최적화된 슬림한 형태
2. 3ns 미만의 FPGA 송수신기 지연 시간을 가진 초저지연 성능
3. AMD Virtex UltraScale+ FPGA로 구동
4. 다양한 서버에서 신속하게 배포할 수 있도록 설계됨
Alveo UL3422는 전임자 UL3524의 절반 크기지만 동등한 성능을 유지합니다. Exegy, Hypertec, Xelera Technologies와 같은 생태계 파트너의 지원을 받으며, 거래 전략의 신속한 구현을 위한 다양한 솔루션을 제공합니다. 이 카드는 현재 사용 가능하며 전 세계 금융 서비스 고객에게 생산량으로 배송되고 있습니다.
AMD a lancé la carte d'accélérateur Alveo UL3422, la dernière ajoutée à sa famille d'accélérateurs pour les applications de trading électronique à latence ultra-basse. Cette nouvelle carte offre :
1. Un facteur de forme compact, optimisé pour l'espace rack et le déploiement rentable
2. Des performances à latence ultra-basse avec une latence de moins de 3ns pour le transcepteur FPGA
3. Alimentée par un FPGA AMD Virtex UltraScale+
4. Conçu pour un déploiement rapide dans une large gamme de serveurs
La Alveo UL3422 est de la moitié de la taille de son prédécesseur, la UL3524, tout en maintenant des performances équivalentes. Elle est soutenue par des partenaires de l'écosystème tels qu'Exegy, Hypertec et Xelera Technologies, offrant diverses solutions pour la mise en œuvre rapide des stratégies de trading. La carte est actuellement disponible et expédiée en volume de production aux clients des services financiers du monde entier.
AMD hat die Alveo UL3422 Beschleunigerkarte auf den Markt gebracht, die neueste Ergänzung seiner Familie von Beschleunigern für elektronische Handelsanwendungen mit ultra-niedriger Latenz. Diese neue Karte bietet:
1. Ein schlankes Formfaktor, optimiert für Rackplatz und kosteneffiziente Bereitstellung
2. Ultra-niedrige Latenzleistung mit einer FPGA-Transceiver-Latenz von weniger als 3ns
3. Betrieben von einem AMD Virtex UltraScale+ FPGA
4. Entworfen für einen schnellen Einsatz in einer Vielzahl von Servern
Die Alveo UL3422 ist halb so groß wie ihr Vorgänger, die UL3524, und bietet dennoch vergleichbare Leistung. Sie wird von Partnern im Ecosystem wie Exegy, Hypertec und Xelera Technologies unterstützt, die verschiedene Lösungen für die schnelle Implementierung von Handelsstrategien anbieten. Die Karte ist derzeit verfügbar und wird in Produktionsmengen an Kunden im globalen Finanzdienstleistungssektor geliefert.
- Launch of the world's fastest electronic trading accelerator in a slim form factor
- Ultra-low latency performance with less than 3ns FPGA transceiver latency
- Cost-effective deployment option for a wide range of servers
- Supported by ecosystem partners for rapid implementation of trading solutions
- Currently available and shipping in production volumes
- Reduced port density, on-board memory, and connectivity options compared to predecessor
Insights
The launch of AMD's Alveo UL3422 accelerator is a significant development in the high-frequency trading (HFT) space. This new card offers ultra-low latency of less than 3ns, which is important for HFT firms seeking a competitive edge. The slim form factor (FHHL) addresses cost and space concerns in data centers, potentially broadening adoption.
Key points:
- Maintains performance of the larger UL3524 while halving the size
- Powered by AMD Virtex UltraScale+ VU2P FPGA
- Ecosystem support from partners like Exegy, Hypertec and Xelera Technologies
- Supports AI model deployment through the FINN framework
This product could strengthen AMD's position in the financial technology sector, potentially increasing market share and revenues. For investors, it signals AMD's commitment to high-performance computing solutions beyond its core CPU and GPU markets, diversifying its product portfolio and revenue streams.
The introduction of the Alveo UL3422 accelerator could significantly impact the competitive landscape of the HFT market. By offering a more accessible entry point for firms of all sizes, AMD is potentially democratizing access to ultra-low latency trading capabilities. This could lead to:
- Increased competition in the HFT space
- Potential market share gains for AMD in the financial sector
- Pressure on competitors to innovate or reduce prices
The product's support for AI model deployment is particularly noteworthy, as it aligns with the growing trend of AI integration in trading strategies. This could attract firms looking to leverage machine learning in their trading algorithms, further expanding AMD's customer base. The ecosystem partnerships also suggest strong industry acceptance, which could accelerate adoption rates.
AMD Alveo UL3422 accelerator provides high-frequency traders an edge in the race to fastest trade execution while lowering barriers to entry
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Oct. 14, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) today announced the AMD Alveo™ UL3422 accelerator card, the latest addition to its record-breaking family of accelerators1 designed for ultra-low latency electronic trading applications. AMD Alveo UL3422 provides trading firms, market makers and financial institutions with a slim form factor accelerator optimized for rack space, cost and designed for a fast path to deployment in a wide range of servers.
The Alveo UL3422 accelerator is powered by an AMD Virtex™ UltraScale+™ FPGA that features a novel transceiver architecture with hardened, optimized network connectivity cores, custom built for high-speed trading. It enables ultra-low latency trade execution, achieving less than 3ns FPGA transceiver latency and breakthrough ‘tick-to-trade' performance not achievable with standard off-the-shelf FPGAs1.
“Speed is the ultimate advantage in the increasingly competitive world of high-speed trading,” said Yousef Khalilollahi, corporate vice president & general manager, Adaptive Computing Group, AMD. “The Alveo UL3422 card provides a lower-cost entry point while still delivering cutting-edge latency performance, making it accessible to firms of all sizes that want to stay competitive in the ultra-low latency trading space.”
New Slim Form Factor for Cost-Effective Deployment
The Alveo UL3422 accelerator card is packaged in a slim FHHL (full height, half length) form factor designed to fit into a wide range of servers and co-location exchange data centers.
Compared to its predecessor, the Alveo UL3422 accelerator reduces port density, on-board memory, and connectivity options, while still being powered by the same AMD Virtex UltraScale+ VU2P FPGA for ultra-low latency.
As a result, the Alveo UL3422 is half the size with equivalent performance to the existing Alveo UL3524 accelerator card which holds the current STAC-T0 benchmark world record for tick-to-trade performance1. The slim FHHL form factor of the Alveo UL3422 allows financial institutions to cost-effectively optimize compute density and rack-space.
Ecosystem Solutions and Fast Path to Trade
The Alveo UL3422 accelerator card is designed for a fast path to deployment by utilizing available infrastructure ecosystem solutions and reference designs, giving trading developers the edge they need for rapid design closure and time to market.
It is supported by a growing network of ecosystem partner solutions that provide IP and development frameworks to enable the rapid implementation of trading solutions.
- Exegy, a provider of end-to-end, front-office trading solutions, is supporting the AMD Alveo UL3422 card with its Development Framework (nxFramework). nxFramework is a hardware and software development environment designed to efficiently build and maintain ultra-low latency FPGA applications for the financial industry.
- Hypertec, a provider of hardware, cloud, and value-added solutions for the financial services industry, has closely collaborated with AMD. The company’s HF X410R-G6 server is certified to support the Alveo UL3422 accelerator, making it the first 1U server fully optimized for this card.
- Xelera Technologies, a software provider for high-speed network technology and machine learning (ML) applications, collaborated with AMD to help overcome the latency drawback of ML algorithms in high-frequency trading. With Xelera Silva users can take advantage of real-time, ML-based trading decisions while leveraging XGBoost, LightGBM, CatBoost and other advanced models.
The Alveo UL3422 supports traditional FPGA flows using the AMD Vivado™ Design Suite and comes with a suite of reference designs and performance benchmarks that allow FPGA designers to quickly explore key metrics and develop custom trading strategies to specification.
AMD is also providing developers with the open-sourced and community-supported FINN development framework, enabling low-latency AI models to be deployed into high-performance trading systems. FINN uses PyTorch and neural network quantization techniques designed to reduce the size of AI models while maintaining accuracy. The FINN compiler generates Quantized Neural Network (QNN) Hardware IP blocks that can be used with AMD FPGAs.
The AMD Alveo UL3422 accelerator card is currently available and shipping in production volumes to global financial services customers.
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1 The 2024 AMD world record for actionable latency is based on 3rd party testing commissioned by AMD and Exegy, by Strategic Technology Analysis Center, LLC (STAC®) in April 2024, using the STAC-T0 benchmark to test the AMD Alveo UL3524 accelerator card powered by the AMD Virtex Ultrascale+ VU2P FPGA, running on the Exegy nxFramework and Exegy nxTCP-UDP-10g-ULL IP Core, in a Dell PowerEdge R7525 server with AMD EPYC 7313 processors. See https://stacresearch.com/news/AMD240422 for the full STAC report. AMD holds the previous world record for latency (2020): https://www.stacresearch.com/news/XLX200514. Stated results for the Alveo UL3524 accelerator have been extrapolated to the AMD Alveo UL3422 card based on identical silicon and product features. (ALV-20).
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