A.P.Richelieu
2019-02-06 17:06:10 UTC
I got a message rejected for using BadWords in comp.arch.fpga.
The question was why some implement a full networking solution in an
FPGA instead of doing the networking in a processor.
My reply was (Quote removed)
"It is not strange considering that the main market for that is Wall
Street. You want to take in packets and reply within the shortest
possible time.
When an offer for a bunch of shares come in with a good price,
the first that replies will get to buy the shares.
The replies are expected in (fractions of) microseconds, and no CPU
can analyze an incoming packet and make a buy/no buy decision and reply
in microseconds.
AP"
What is wrong with this?
I tired changing the message, but after some fails,
I was told that there was too many errors.
What to do?
AP
The question was why some implement a full networking solution in an
FPGA instead of doing the networking in a processor.
My reply was (Quote removed)
"It is not strange considering that the main market for that is Wall
Street. You want to take in packets and reply within the shortest
possible time.
When an offer for a bunch of shares come in with a good price,
the first that replies will get to buy the shares.
The replies are expected in (fractions of) microseconds, and no CPU
can analyze an incoming packet and make a buy/no buy decision and reply
in microseconds.
AP"
What is wrong with this?
I tired changing the message, but after some fails,
I was told that there was too many errors.
What to do?
AP