Description
- The Alveo UL3524 card is powered by a purpose-built FPGA for electronic trading, based on the production-proven 16nm UltraScale+ architecture. The device features a breakthrough transceiver architecture that achieves less than 3ns transceiver latency† and is 7X faster than previous generation FPGA technology††, delivering high-performance trade execution.
- Equipped with 4 network ports at 10/25Gb/s data rates, the card comes in a Full-Height, ¾ Length (FH¾L) PCIe® form factor, deployable in 1U, 2U, and 4U servers. The Alveo UL3524 card is now shipping and in production deployment.
Features:
- Purpose-Built for Ultra-Low Latency (ULL) Performance
- Custom FPGA device and new transceiver architecture for fast trade execution
- Less than 3ns transceiver latency and 7X performance vs. previous generation
- Hardware Flexibility and AI-Enabled Trading Strategies
- FPGA fabric to accelerate diverse strategies and evolving algorithms
- Open-source PyTorch development flow available for low latency AI
- For Diverse FinTech Applications
- For ULL algorithmic trading, pre-trade risk analysis, and data delivery services
- Enabling an ecosystem of custom FinTech solutions and ULL infrastructure
- FPGA Accelerator for Ultra-Low Latency Trading ALVEO™ UL3524 ACCELERATOR CARD
Key Applications:
- TARGET USERS: Proprietary Traders | Hedge Funds | Market Makers | Brokerages | Market Data Vendors | Exchanges
- USE CASES: Ultra-Low Latency Trading | Pre-Trade Risk Analysis | Market Data Delivery & Distribution
Key Technical Specifications:
- Processor: Virtex UltraScale+ FPGA (XCVU2P-FSVJ2104-3-E).
- Logic Resources: 787K LUTs, 1,722K Registers, 1680 DSP Slices.
- Memory: 16GB DDR4 (64b + 8b ECC at 2666 MT/s), 72MB QDR II+ (550 MHz).
- Networking: 4 x QSFP-DD ports supporting 10Gb/25Gb Ethernet.
- Latency: less than 3 ns (transceiver latency).
- PCIe Interface: Gen4 x8.
- Power: 180W (Card Load), 125W (TDP), 12V PCIe AUX 2×4 input.
- Cooling: Passive.
- Dimensions: Full-height, 3/4 length, single slot.
- Clock Speed: 644 MHz (for market data streaming).






