CODESYS vs TwinCAT: Soft-PLC Architecture Compared (2026)
An engineer's 2026 comparison of CODESYS and TwinCAT soft-PLC runtimes: real-time determinism, fieldbus support, IEC 61131-3, EtherCAT, and a decision matrix.
Smart Order Routing Engine Architecture (2026)
A 2026 systems design of a smart order routing engine: venue selection, latency budgets, best-execution logic, risk checks, and the failure modes that bite.
Cobalt 200 vs Graviton vs Axion: Cloud Arm Silicon War
Microsoft Cobalt 200 lands in 2026. We compare it with AWS Graviton and Google Axion on architecture, performance-per-watt, and what custom Arm silicon means.
Zenoh vs MQTT vs DDS for Robotics Middleware (2026)
An engineer's 2026 comparison of Zenoh, MQTT, and DDS for robotics middleware: latency, discovery, QoS, edge fit, and a decision matrix.
Pre-Trade Risk Engine Architecture for Low Latency (2026)
How to design a low-latency pre-trade risk engine in 2026: inline checks, kill switches, state management, and the latency budget, with no trading advice.
NVIDIA RTX Spark Superchip and the AI PC War (2026)
Analysis of NVIDIA's RTX Spark superchip and what it means for the 2026 AI PC war against Intel, AMD, Apple, and Qualcomm.
Market Data Feed Handler: ITCH & Order Book (2026)
A 2026 systems deep-dive on building a low-latency market data feed handler: ITCH parsing, order book reconstruction, normalization, and failure modes.
Siemens + NVIDIA’s Industrial AI OS: A 2026 Analysis
What Siemens and NVIDIA's industrial AI operating system means for manufacturing in 2026: the strategy, the technology stack, and the open questions.
Humanoid Robots Hit the Factory Floor: 2026 Analysis
An analytical 2026 look at humanoid robots moving from pilots to production lines: Figure, Schaeffler, Unitree deployments, the economics, and what still blocks scale.
Order Book Imbalance Features: A Microstructure Design
A systems view of order book imbalance features in 2026 — computing OFI, queue imbalance, and microprice from L2 data, plus the engineering pitfalls.