Hyper-Fast Trading Michael Villain, NanoSpeed 11 November 2015 Trading Technology Trends & Quality Assurance Conference in St. Petersburg

1. Breaking all benchmarks
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2. “NanoSpeed provides ultra-low latency FPGA hardware
accelerated financial trading and risk-management
systems that help comply with market rules &
regulations”
NanoSpeed Mission Statement
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3. NanoSpeed Executive background
Highly experienced team in FinTech with aerospace
heritage
Experience in deployment of “life-critical” FPGA engine systems
Designed nanosecond benchmark products used by HFTs in EUR, US and
APAC
Deep understanding of algo trading/risk for Primes, Props, Automated
MM, Marketplaces.
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4. The Lowest latency available
Tick-to-trade sub 1.3 micro
Algo-to-wire 750 nanos
Wire-to-wire sub 450 nanos
100% Deterministic performance
Zero jitter Vs software
High throughput
2M msgs/sec
NanoSpeed : the HFT “enhancer”
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5. Why NanoSpeed ?
Experts in FPGA Hardware Acceleration
Increased Message Processing
Safeguard Risk Checks/Kill Switches (60 nanos)
Market Data gateways, Book Building, Trading Gateways
Deterministic Matching Engines
Delivering
Reduced TCO
Mitigated delivery risk
Time to market
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6. NanoSpeed : Risk Checks at near Zero
latency
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Ultra-low latency
Flexible
Bespoke
Scalable
MiFiD II and SEC 15c3-5 (market access rule)

7. Nasdaq OMX
Nasdaq New York, Boston, PHLX
Nasdaq OMX Nordic, Baltic
NLX (FI Rates)
SGX Singapore
ASX Australia
SIX Swiss exchange
Borsa Istanbul
CME Group
CME, CBOT, COMEX, NYMEX, KCBOT
BM&F Bovespa Brazil
BMD, DME, MexDer
CBOE
Eurex T7
Eurex Frankfurt
BSE
LSE
London Stock Exchange
Turquoise, JSE
FX Markets
EBS, Currenex, Hotspot
JPX Group (OSE)
ICE (US & ICE Futures Europe)
NYSE (Arca)
BATS (US and BATS Options)
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Key:
GREEN Available
ORANGE To be released shortly
NanoSpeed : 100% FPGA TGs

8. NanoSpeed’s FPGA Benefits
Ultra-fast FPGA leverages your Algos
DMA Safeguards – Effective Risk Management Pre-trade (Reg &
bespoke)
Facilitates cost reduction (lower footprint Vs CPU)
from 10 KW to 35 W / FPGA card
from 8 servers to 1
Enhance your Market Data, in-line Risk and Trading/Marketplace
infrastructure
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9. Establish use-case
Build bespoke FPGA Trading appliance
Evaluation in co-location facility
Next Steps
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10. NanoSpeed Universe
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11. NanoSpeed Technologies Ltd
Contact Us
+44 (0) 207 096 0724
@ michael.villain@nanospeed.co.uk
Head Office:
5 St. John's Lane,
London, EC1M 4BH
Development Centre:
Devonshire House, Manor Way,
Borehamwood, London, WD6 1QQ
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