2006 Nov 08 - Wed
Fast Trading Simulation Engine
Are you running complicated trading scenarios incorporating equity and option mixtures
from a quote/depth data stream? Are you using Genetic Programming tuned Fuzzy Logic
algorithms? Are your sims taking a while? I think you may get a boost soon, if not real
soon.
Intel is about to release their new quad processor, known as the QX6700.
It is a dual die Conroe Dual Core CPU.
From a supporting cast perspective, nVidia has released their 680i chipset, and has
chosen eVGA as a reference platform for the motherboard. eVGA doesn't appear to have any BIOS downloads on their site
yet. I don't know if that means the motherboard is stable or not. Reviewers;, such as [H]
Enthusiast and VR-Zone seem
to think so. The motherboard has dual PCI-16x video slots, so it is dead easy to feed four
large format LCD monitors simultaneously. And with all that horsepower available, playing
high Frame Rate video games while waiting for a simulation run to complete should be child's
play. I used to be an ASUS fan. I don't see anything from them, and I hear that it may
be another month or two before they bring something to market. eVGA, I think you have a convert.
Newegg has a the eVGA motherboard in stock along with a memory combo. The combo includes
Corsair TWIN2X2048-6400C4D chips. However, [H] Enthusiast used a pair of Corsair
TWIN2X2048-8888C4DF Dominators. I think I'll give the Dominators a try instead of what
comes standard in the combo.
Wikipedia indicates a November 2006 release date with a part number of
BX80562QX6700. Newegg doesn't appear to have it yet. cnet reviews indicates a release date of the processor of Nov 14. Just
under a week away. I think I can wait that long before I put in my order for
motherboard/memory/cpu. Not too patiently though!
I don't do much gaming so jumping to the nVidia 8800 series Graphics cards doesn't seem
to justified. I think I'll stick with a pair of well balanced and well reviewed eVGA
Geforce 7600GT video cards driving quad VideoSonic VP201b 20" LCD monitors.
SmartQuant QuantDeveloper, during simulations, is single threaded. However, by using Altiris Software Virtualization Solution, it is possible to run multiple
copies of QD simultaneously. I'll discuss the simulation and optimization set up for that
in another entry.
Well, in the meantime, I have to wait another week for Intel's CPU to be released, and
then another week
for the stuff to arrive. Once it arrives, I'll be all set to give the config a try and see
if I can take
my current 23 second single run simulation down a notch.
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Traders Expo 2006
I had made other travel plans before realizing that Traders
Expo is on this month at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas from November 16 to 19, 2006. It looks like it
might be a worthwhile event as recognizable names like Options Trader Larry McMillan and Tom Sosnoff of
ThinkorSwim are going to be there.
Any one heading over to that event?
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