Supermicro (NASDAQ:SMCI) collaborated with Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) and Micron Technology (NASDAQ:MU) to build a new system that set records for the STAC-M3, a benchmark suite for testing the performance of high-speed analytics on time-series market data, specifically for financial services applications.
The benchmark focuses on real-time quantitative trading using simulated market bid-ask and settled trade data for thousands of assets. It is a full-stack benchmark that includes compute, storage, networking, and software in a multi-user environment.
The system was built using Supermicro Petascale servers, Intel Xeon 6 processors, Micron 9550 SSDs and DDR5 memory, and KX Software’s kdb+ database. It was tested at the STAC Summit in New York City.
“When trading securities in a rapidly moving market, microseconds can mean millions of dollars, making speed the ultimate currency,” said Alvaro Toledo, vice president and general manager for the Americas Core Data Center Business Unit at Micron. “In audited STAC-M3 testing, Micron 9550 NVMe SSDs and DDR5 RDIMMs delivered exceptionally low, predictable latency under heavy I/O and compute-bound operations, turning tick data into insights faster than ever. Our technical collaboration with Supermicro, Intel and KX Software sets new performance records and gives traders the edge they need to win.”
Supermicro shares were up 2% during Tuesday market trading. Intel had climbed nearly 5%, and Micron had slipped 0.6%.