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This article highlights some of the essential common challenges of FPGA-based solutions in terms of testing and elaborates on how Exactpro approaches testing them from the standpoint of functional and non-functional testing, and verifies the correctness of their work at the confluence of functional and nonfunctional testing.

Alyona Bulda, VP, Senior QA Project Manager, Exactpro, LSEG
Oleg Pavlikov, Senior NFT Analyst, Exactpro, LSEG

First and foremost, it is worth reviewing a typical clearing system infrastructure: there is a number of internal components, where each one is responsible for a variety of tasks, or possibly incorporates several tasks at a time. There is a significant amount of connections to the third-party systems, or in-house external systems, such as markets, market data providers, CSD, payment systems, and, of course, there is connectivity with clearing members. Having a lot of experience dealing testing such systems, the Exactpro team is used to encountering challenges on a daily basis. This paper focuses on the ones that are most prominent, and on the way Exactpro addresses them.

Today's event is the sixth in the EXTENT conference series focused on tools and methods of program analysis, exploring ways to improve the quality and efficiency of software platforms underpinning the global financial markets. It is our first EXTENT in London, since Exactpro became part of the London Stock Exchange Group a year ago.

Iosif Itkin, CEO, Exactpro, London Stock Exchange Group

NFT Team structure, Tests preparation, Test tools, Latency measurements, Capacity tests, DLC test, Failover tests, Other NFT tests.

QA, as we see it, is a continuous learning process. It is about learning how the system should operate in production, followed by learning the actual behavior of the system by way of performing tests and, after comparison, ensuring that all the discrepancies are either fixed or documented. It is the epitome of all QA activities. The other essential task that QA performs is developing the Test Design, coming up with Test Tools and Automated Test Libraries, which is an ongoing process, as opposed to learning at the beginning and testing as the end result. We are still learning when the system goes into production and still receive feedback from it. That allows us to reveal as many issues as possible.

Advances in data analysis and artificial intelligence rapidly change the world around us. The presence of machines that think will soon affect all industries, processes and occupations.

Iosif Itkin, CEO, Exactpro, London Stock Exchange Group