Processing at the Speed of Light for the Harsh Edge
The world's first macro-optical co-processor. We replace billions of digital clock cycles with a single flash of light.
0
Latency
<2W
Power
$100
Edge Unit Price
How It Works
Hardware as Algorithm
Instead of using electricity and digital clock cycles, we use light and the storage density of optical discs to create a new kind of signal processor.
Step 1
Burn the Signature
The exact physical signature of a target — a vibration pattern, a hyperspectral fingerprint — is physically encoded into the microscopic tracks of a spinning polymer disc.
Step 2
Stream the Light
Live sensor data drives a cheap telecom laser, streaming light directly onto the spinning tracks in real time. No digital conversion. No cloud requests. No edge GPU.
Step 3
Instant Optical Match
When live data perfectly aligns with the burned pattern, it creates an instant optical flash. Complex convolution and pattern matching — entirely in the analogue optical domain.
The Problem
The Edge AI Power Wall
High-performance Edge AI chips consume 15W to 50W. In the "Harsh Edge" — agricultural drones with strict battery limits, or industrial factory floors with 50°C heat — running digital GPUs is impossible.
15-50W
Typical Edge GPU
<2W
Solphio Edge
$500+
Typical Edge GPU
$100
Solphio Edge
Competitive Environment
The Edge Optics 'Blue Ocean'
The optical computing industry is fighting over the data centre. We are the only ones looking at the edge.
Use Case (Edge Inference to Cloud Training)
Cost / Power (Low to High)
Optical Disruptors
High Cost / Cloud
Digital Incumbents
High Power / Edge
Legacy Giants
Low Cost / Storage
Solphio
Low Power / Edge
Target Markets
Where Digital Chips Fail
Our technology thrives in demanding environments, delivering ultra-low power and zero latency solutions where conventional approaches struggle.
Primary Use Cases
Industrial Predictive Maintenance
Factories generate petabytes of high-frequency vibration data. Solphio Edge filters this analogue wave data natively, instantly catching the micro-fracture "click" of a failing bearing before a digital sensor even wakes up.
Vibration
Data Type
Real-time
Detection
Ag-Tech Drones
Hyperspectral cameras generate 1TB of data per flight. Solphio Edge acts as a zero-power "Pre-Filter," ignoring healthy crops and only triggering the digital payload when a specific disease signature is detected.
1TB
Data Per Flight
Massive
Power Savings
Experimental Applications
Subsea Acoustic Processing
Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) are constrained by severe battery limits and zero cloud connectivity. Solphio Edge natively processes continuous sonar and acoustic waveforms—instantly classifying pipeline leaks or marine biology—enabling months-long subsea deployments without surfacing.
Weeks
Battery Extension
Acoustic
Waveform Native
Post-Quantum Encryption of IoT
Critical infrastructure at the edge suffers from entropy starvation, making standard digital keys predictable and vulnerable. Solphio Edge solves this natively. Every optical inference simultaneously harvests the laser's inherent quantum photon noise, providing zero-power True Random Number Generation (TRNG) for unbreakable, post-quantum IoT encryption.
True
Quantum Entropy
0 Watts
Extra Power Draw
Orbital Satellites
LEO satellites generate terabytes of imagery but can only downlink megabytes. Solphio Edge processes data at the speed of light with inherent radiation immunity — no SEU shielding required.
10x
Downlink Efficiency
Immune
Radiation
Point-of-Care Diagnostics
Traditional PCR testing requires hours of lab processing and chemical amplification. Solphio Edge scans microfluidic discs directly, instantly pattern-matching the physical spectral signatures of pathogens and DNA with zero chemical reagents.
Instant
Detection Time
Zero
Chemical Reagents
Business Model
Razor & Blades
Transitioning from hardware sales to high-margin recurring software revenue.
The Razor
$100 B2B Module
Ruggedised Solphio Edge units sold directly to Tier-1 Integrators and drone OEMs. Built using highly refined, mass-produced legacy optical disc components.
The Blades
API SaaS
Our proprietary cloud software compiles raw sensor data into new, printable optical signatures. Customers upload their data — we deliver a burnable disc pattern. Recurring, defensible, high-margin.
Revenue model
Upload data → Compile signature → Burn to disc → Deploy
Decisive Advantage
"Trash to Treasure" Supply Chain
Competitors spend $50M on microscopic Silicon Photonics for cloud data centres. We leverage the recently abandoned consumer optical disc supply chain — Sony and Panasonic Optical Pickup Units — building $50 Edge supercomputers from mass-produced legacy parts.
Our Team
A World-Class Team, Globally Distributed
Our team isn't just our greatest asset — it's a strategic advantage. We've embedded our top-tier optics and AI experts directly within key industrial hubs across the globe. This distributed model allows us to work hand-in-hand with our partners, ensuring rapid innovation, seamless integration, and unparalleled support for every deployment.
Get Involved
We're Seeking Partners & Pre-Seed Funding
We're actively signing MoUs with industry leaders to access raw sensor data and raising capital to finalize our physics emulator and first physical prototypes.
Quorum IO Limited
UK Office: 100 Embankment, Cathedral App., Manchester, England, M3 7FB
Post & Correspondence: 33 Colless Road, London, England, N15 4NR