Specialized FPGA hardware pipelines executing symbol demodulation and Ethernet cut-through frame forwarding in under 35 nanoseconds.
Radio waves travel through air at approximately 300,000 km/s, compared to 200,000 km/s for optical signals inside glass fiber. FinanceISAC microwave links deliver a permanent 33% latency reduction over fiber optic backbones.
Rather than waiting for full packet reception, FinanceISAC baseband processors inspect order header bytes on the fly, forwarding financial market data frames onto trading switches within 35 nanoseconds.