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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