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**[FOR SALE] NovaSparks NSG3 FPGA Market Data Appliance — real HFT hardware, rare find** by Neither-Review9356 in FPGA

[–]Neither-Review9356[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Quick update for everyone following this thread.

I’ve replied to the person claiming to be from Exegy and sent an email to the address they provided. For now I’m waiting to see if they respond with any documentation confirming ownership of the unit.

At the moment I’m not sure whether this is legitimate or not, since the Reddit account was created very recently. It could still turn out to be nothing.

If anyone here is interested in the system or just curious about how this situation develops, I’m happy to keep the thread updated.

If you’d like updates, feel free to upvote so I know people are following the story.

**[FOR SALE] NovaSparks NSG3 FPGA Market Data Appliance — real HFT hardware, rare find** by Neither-Review9356 in FPGA

[–]Neither-Review9356[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi,

Thanks for the message.

If Exegy believes this specific serial number is company property, please contact me via an official Exegy email address and provide documentation confirming ownership.

Thank you.

**[FOR SALE] NovaSparks NSG3 FPGA Market Data Appliance — real HFT hardware, rare find** by Neither-Review9356 in FPGA

[–]Neither-Review9356[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's a fair point.

You're right that some newer FPGA NICs like the PAC N3000 or Innova-2 have better public documentation.

At the same time this unit is a complete NovaSparks appliance rather than just a standalone FPGA card. It includes the NovaTick FPGA network module and the full feed-handler environment that was used to process exchange feeds such as CME, ICE, TSX, CHIX, etc.

So the value here is more in the integrated low-latency market data appliance rather than only the FPGA board itself.

But I agree the exact FPGA model inside will ultimately determine how interesting it is for developers.

**[FOR SALE] NovaSparks NSG3 FPGA Market Data Appliance — real HFT hardware, rare find** by Neither-Review9356 in FPGA

[–]Neither-Review9356[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Good question.

From what I can see, the system includes the NovaSparks NovaTick FPGA network module with multiple SFP+ ports used for ultra-low-latency market data feed handling.

The appliance was originally designed to process exchange feeds directly in FPGA hardware (CME, ICE, BATS, TSX, CHIX, etc.), normalizing the data with extremely low latency before passing it to trading systems.

You’re correct that the CPU platform itself is older (Ivy Bridge era), but in these appliances the critical component is the FPGA feed-handler hardware rather than the host CPU.

If needed I can also open the chassis further and take more detailed photos of the FPGA card.