[en] A new GEM-TPC prototype with a laser calibration system is being designed to study the key issues of high-precision track detection whose aimed spatial resolution is better than 100 μm. Meanwhile, a readout system with scalability for the TPC is also being developed. Design of the readout system is based on the architecture of front-end ASICs and commercial ADCs for its advantages at high count rates. Given the requirement of several hundred channels, the system is composed of multiple front-end cards and DAQ boards. The DAQ boards are daisy-chained via bidirectional optical fibers, which transmit clock, trigger, data and control signals simultaneously. To achieve timing synchronization, the GigaBit Transceiver (GBT) firmware is employed to ensure fixed latency between the boards. This paper is focused on the design and setup of the DAQ system, including clock structure, trigger alignment, high-speed data acquisition, etc. The DAQ system consisting of 512 channels has been built, and tests have proved that the entire system works correctly and meets the expected requirements.