The document discusses how MemSQL is able to process 1 trillion rows per second on 12 Intel servers running MemSQL. It demonstrates this throughput by running a query to count the number of trades for the top 10 most traded stocks from a dataset of over 115 billion rows of simulated NASDAQ trade data. The document argues that a latency-free operational and analytical data platform like MemSQL that can handle both high-volume operational workloads and complex queries is key to powering real-time analytics and decision making.