Is latency always important?
Briefly

Low latency significantly impacts various sectors, particularly in AI workloads, FinTech, and e-commerce. There are two key types of latency: response time for decision-making, such as credit card transactions, and data freshness. Fast responses are vital to prevent fraud and enhance user experience. Companies such as TikTok optimize latency to improve algorithms and user engagement. While latency is critical in digital systems, its importance also extends to physical transactions and comprehensive data usability in diverse applications.
"One is just how fast the servers can give you back an answer so that you can make a decision. That's really important in a credit card authorization loop..."
"How old is your data? So you could serve data that you found out about a long time ago really fast, and you might call that low latency, but it still could be high latency in terms of... stale data."
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