[san-tech][02730] 米 CBS 60 Minutes特集 "High Frequency Trading,"

Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 23:35:23 +0900
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2011/06/09
[san-tech][02745] Re: 米 CBS 60 Minutes特集 "High Frequency Trading,"
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米 CBS 60 Minutesが "High Frequency Trading," を特集しています：
"How Speed Traders Are Changing Wall Street"
 Oct. 10, 2010
  http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/10/07/60minutes/main6936075.shtml
※↑4ページの記事
"Wall Street: The Speed Traders"
 October 10, 2010
  http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=6945451n
※↑ビデオ (13:35)

記事冒頭：
  "(CBS)  It may surprise you to learn that most of the stock trades
   in the U.S. are no longer being made by human beings, but by robot
   computers capable of buying and selling thousands of different
   securities in the time it takes you to blink an eye.

   These supercomputers - which actually decide which stocks to buy and
   sell - are operating on highly secret instructions programmed into
   them by math wizards who may or may not know anything about the value
   of the companies that are being traded."


関連記事：
"Appro Slings Overclocked Server for High Frequency Traders"
 October 12, 2010
  http://www.hpcwire.com/features/Appro-Slings-Overclocked-Server-for-High-Frequency-Traders-104785369.html?viewAll=y

  "HPC cluster maker Appro has unveiled the HF1 server, a purpose-built
   box aimed at the high frequency trading business. The new server
   incorporates overclocked Intel Xeon "Westmere" CPUs and a
   self-contained liquid cooling system to deliver the best dual-socket
   performance this side of a tricked-out gaming machine. Although the
   risky design isn't geared for mainstream HPC users, for high frequency
   traders, it may be just the kind of gamble they are comfortable with."
.....
  "The server is a dual-socket box using Intel Xeon X5680 processors
   overclocked to frequencies up to 4.4 GHz. That's nearly a full
   gigahertz quicker than the top bin 3.46 GHz Xeon X5677 available today,
   and even outruns the fastest speeds supported by Intel's turbo boost
   technology. To keep the overclocked CPUs cool and collected, Appro has
   plumbed the server with a closed-loop cooling system (pump, coolant
   reservoir, pipes and radiator) to draw the extra heat away from the
   over-achieving chips. "We're taking the soul of a gaming machine and
   packaging it in a commercial rackmount server," explains Lee."
   *)John Lee, Vice President of Advanced Technology Solutions Group, Appro

"Appro HF1 Takes Overclocking to Wall Street"
 10.12.2010
  http://insidehpc.com/2010/10/12/appro-hf1-takes-overclocking-to-wall-street/

Appro社プレスリリース：
"Appro HF1 Server Targets High Frequency Traders", 10/12/2010
  http://www.appro.com/press/view.asp?Num=198

Appro HF1 Server
  http://www.appro.com/product/HF1server_overview.asp
  http://www.appro.com/product/pdf/datasheets_2010/Appro_HF1_Datasheet_final.pdf
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