Benzinga | May 18, 2021 09:01AM EDT

Arista Networks Highlights Launch Of Sub 100ns Ultra-Low Latency Switch For Financial Services

Arista Networks (NYSE:ANET) today announced SwitchApp for Arista 7130, a new ultra-low latency switch that cuts latency to less than a third of existing Arista solutions. SwitchApp is based on the latest programmable FPGA technology and is fully integrated with Arista EOS(r) (Extensible Operating System). The combination of these technologies allows customers to accessfinancial markets with extraordinary speed, leveraging the flexibility of a full-featured Layer 2/3 switch and the latency of a highly tuned solution.

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SwitchApp for Arista 7130, a new ultra-low latency switch that cuts latency to less than a third of existing Arista solutions. (Graphic: Business Wire)

Trading and Financial Services firms depend on the agility and performance of their networks to respond to new market conditions. Arista SwitchApp is a full-featured 1/10/40G Layer 2/3 switching application that runs on Arista's 7130 line of programmable FPGA switches. It offers ultra-low latency of under 100ns with Layer 2 switching. FPGAs are extremely flexible off-the-shelf devices which have the benefit of software configurability at a gate level.

"ASX has been an Arista client for many years using successive generations of low latency switches, 7130 hardware, FPGA applications, EOS and the CloudVision software. We're excited about this latest innovation, which brings all of the technologies together, allowing us to unify our network management and monitoring. This adds up to greater efficiency for us and a better outcome for our customers," says David Glavin, GM Technology Infrastructure at ASX (Australian Stock Exchange).

"This is a significant step for switch technology. SwitchApp is not only Arista's lowest latency L2/3 switch but offers clients the feature-richness of EOS's routing stack and operational model. We've brought ultra-low latency and programmable FPGAs to EOS, allowing clients to benefit from the simplicity of a single operating system running across their entire estate," says Martin Hull, VP Systems Engineering and Platforms at Arista.