The Applications and Trends of High Performance Computing in Finance

Large-scale parallel simulation and modeling have changed our world. Today, supercomputers are not just for research and scientific exploration; they have become an integral part of many industries, among which finance is one of the strongest growth factors for supercomputers, driven by ever increasing data volumes, greater data complexity and significantly more challenging data analysis. In this paper, a modest application of the developments of high-performance computing in finance is studied deeply. Attentions are not only focused on the what benefits the parallel algorithm bring to the financial research, but also on the practical applications of the High-Performance Computing in real financial markets, especially some recent advances is highlighted. On that basis, some suggestions about the challenges and development directions of HPCs in finance are proposed.