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Trading Tech Talk 3: Unlocking the Secrets of the GPU

Feb 27, 2014

Trading Tech Talk 3: Unlocking the Secrets of the GPU

CTO Interview: This episode's guest is Jerry Hanweck, Founder of Hanweck Assoc.

He discusses:

  • An overview of his background in the derivatives markets and what he does at Hanweck.
  • Why he focuses on acceleration?
  • Why are derivatives markets, particularly options, uniquely suited to GPU acceleration?
  • Does he feel that GPU acceleration hardware is the solution to the explosion of data/messaging is a serious problem for the derivatives markets?
  • Why does he feel the financial markets have been slower to adopt cloud environments than other industries?

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