Being able to trade at nanosecond level is precisely what Wall Street wants

For an exchange like Nasdaq, such refinement is essential to accurately order the millions of stock trades that are placed on their computer systems every second

Computer scientists at Stanford University and Google have created technology that can track time down to 100 billionths of a second. It could be just what Wall Street is looking for.
 
System engineers at Nasdaq, the New York-based stock exchange, recently began testing an algorithm and software that they hope can synchronise a giant network of computers with that nanosecond precision. They say they have built a prototype, and are in the process of deploying a bigger version.
 
For an exchange like Nasdaq, such refinement is essential to accurately order the millions of stock trades that are placed