Stock Exchanges Start Thinking In Microseconds

摘要

In the machine-vs.-machine world of financial trading, where IT is constantly trying to increase performance, transaction times are now being measured in increments of microseconds. Over the past year, for example, the New York Stock Exchange and CME Group Inc., which operates the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and the Chicago Board of Trade, have begun to frame their thinking in units of microseconds as they look for ways to improve their transaction-processing throughput.