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Multicast and the markets with Brian Nigito

Multicast and the markets with Brian Nigito

Signals and Threads vor 6 Jahren

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Electronic exchanges like Nasdaq need to handle a staggering
number of transactions every second. To keep up, they rely on two
deceptively simple-sounding concepts: single-threaded programs
and multicast networking. In this episode, Ron speaks with Brian
Nigito, a 20-year industry veteran who helped build some of the
earliest electronic exchanges, about the tradeoffs that led to
the architecture we have today, and how modern exchanges use
these straightforward building blocks to achieve blindingly fast
performance at scale.

You can find the transcript for this episode along with links to
things we discussed on our website.