yes .. target tools are giving way to fresh thinking modular solutions, let alone cross platform tools , let alone Exchange tools ( FAST protocol for eg )
Full points to Xilinx for getting this far .. even tho leaving many shipwrecks behind, that's a practical outcome of development.
Personally lost half million, fiddling on WIN 25 years (without time counted, just Servers , 3rd party tools that promise the earth & cards..PHI for eg
Now gentoo kernel re-builds tops list of things to do. U can keep (not) Kubernetes on WIN, under the hood as a nightmare. Keep systemD .. memory abstraction.. etc
Get a minimum kernel compiled, ( that in itself is an ongoing battle ) esp with PGA toolsets that interoperate with the OS. (The kernal is the OS .. going that way )
Yet Xilinx offer a practical tool set & PCIe solution for our original Q .. giving flexibility for HLS on Alveo , & migration to optimization on the Desktop !!
https://www.xilinx.com/publications/solution-briefs/xilinx-algorithmic-trading-solution-brief.pdf
What do u think ? pushing the flip from hard core FIN to low level tinkering .. one can still tinker with Vitis on ALVEO, thats great !
also a choice of package .. that must weigh in favor to Al-go obviously well chosen career path (Fintech) thats on fire, and cannot be deprecated in advice to lowly starter packs ( OK to get feet wet, but also a potential turnoff to a career path ) Advice : All or nothing
https://www.xilinx.com/products/app-store/alveo/reference-apps.html?resultsTablePreSelect=xlnxacceleratedworkloads:Financial Computing
with career path in mind , certainly time to save / borrow / parent loan into a serious platform able to tap into the market data stream, otherwise inaccessible
Much better to have VITIS than more powerful 8K5 board with KU115 , based on interface to critical runtimes already developed ( the Wheel ) & supported
Until u fiddle with em.. in HLS ( my Q on that.. is it even possible to modify layer 0 / 1 drivers as supplied in this kit ? ) they would be binaries or Source ?