Optiver Chooses AMD Enterprise Portfolio to Power its Data Center Modernization, Enabling New Era of Compute and AI
07 Mai 2024 - 3:00PM
Today, AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) announced that Optiver – a leading
global market maker trading on 100+ exchanges – is using a broad
range of AMD high-performance compute engines to help further its
mission of improving financial markets by building a modern
infrastructure that serves as the backbone of the organization.
Using AMD EPYC™ processors, AMD Solarflare low-latency Ethernet
adapters, AMD Virtex™ FPGAs, and AMD Alveo™ adaptable accelerators,
Optiver is addressing a variety of technical challenges in capital
markets to build systems that make financial markets more advanced.
“We’re a team of researchers and engineers driven by a common
vision: building systems that make financial markets better,” said
Alexander Itkin, U.S. chief technology officer, Optiver. "We are
constantly pushing the limits, whether it’s challenging the speed
of light to minimize latency or building world-leading
computational scale. We need computing infrastructure that enables
us to navigate the complexities of the capital markets in
nanoseconds. For us, this is only possible with high-performance
products from AMD, which help us successfully and continuously
adapt to financial markets."
“AMD is uniquely positioned to meet the needs of commercial
customers with a robust and diverse portfolio of compute engines
that enable impressive performance and energy efficiency; two
critical components of the modern data center,” said Archana
Vemulapalli, corporate vice president, Commercial Enterprise, AMD.
“Our work with Optiver is a great example of how we work together
with customers to push the limits of what is possible, while
demonstrating the capabilities of an AMD commercial solution and
how it can address both present-day and future challenges for our
customers.”
The specific AMD enterprise products that enable Optiver to
modernize its infrastructure and unlock speed and efficiency for
its business include:
- AMD EPYC CPUs: Optiver is using 4th Gen AMD
EPYC processors to build out large-scale compute needed to drive
data analysis and deliver core density for the company’s data
center modernization and workload consolidation efforts.
- Solarflare Ethernet Adapters:
Optiver also uses the AMD Solarflare X2 series Ethernet network
adapters designed for high-performance electronic trading
environments. These adapters provide low-level control of network
interfaces at the application level, allowing Optiver to better
design systems to scale and stay competitive.
- Virtex UltraScale+ FPGAs: The exponential
growth of data demands smart network and data center solutions that
reach beyond fixed-function silicon devices to deliver maximum
throughput, high data processing capability, and the flexibility to
adapt to evolving connectivity standards. The AMD Virtex™
UltraScale+™ VU23P FPGA helps Optiver accelerate its systems while
remaining endlessly adaptable.
- Alveo Accelerators: Optiver utilizes the AMD
Alveo U55C and Alveo UL3524 adaptable accelerator cards, the latter
of which delivers a 7X latency improvement over prior generation
FPGA technology1.
“Our ultimate goal was to get faster access to data and
information that is critical to meet the unique needs and workflows
that the financial industry demands,” said Kevin Sprague, U.S.
hardware lead, Optiver. “The high-performance Alveo ultra-low
latency cards are critical to helping us move more information,
faster. Our collaboration with AMD helped us develop the products
and features our industry demands. Additionally, our joint work has
allowed us to expand and optimize our offering by leveraging not
only AMD FPGAs, but also AMD EPYC CPUs to build out
high-performance trading systems and infrastructure.”
AMD helps enterprise customers address the challenges of today
with a robust portfolio of innovative and proven solutions. Optiver
illustrates the ability of the leadership AMD compute portfolio,
where individual devices in tandem form intelligent solutions
greater than the sum of their parts, delivering unparalleled value
to companies and customers.
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1 Testing conducted by AMD Performance Labs as of 8/16/23 on the
Alveo UL3524 accelerator card, using Vivado™ Design Suite 2023.1
and running on Vivado Lab (Hardware Manager) 2023.1. Based on the
GTF Latency Benchmark Design configured to enable GTF transceivers
in internal near-end loopback mode. GTF TX and RX clocks operate at
same frequency of ~644MHz with a 180 degrees phase shift. GTF
Latency Benchmark Design measures latency in hardware by latching
value of a single free running counter. Latency is measured as the
difference between when TX data is latched at the GTF transceiver
and when TX data is latched at the GTF receiver prior to routing
back into the FPGA fabric. Latency measurement does not include
protocol overhead, protocol framing, programmable logic (PL)
latency, TX PL interface setup time, RX PL interface clock-to-out,
package flight time, and other sources of latency. Benchmark test
was run 1,000 times with 250 frames per test. Cited measurement
result is based on GTF transceiver “RAW Mode”, where PCS (physical
medium attachment) of the transceiver passes data ‘as-is’ to FPGA
fabric. Latency measurement is consistent across all test runs for
this configuration. System manufacturers may vary configurations,
yielding different results. ALV-10
Contact:Aaron
Grabein AMD Communications(512)
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Suresh BhaskaranAMD Investor
Relations+1 408-749-2845Suresh.Bhaskaran@amd.com
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