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 analog 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
Comptetive Environment
The Edge Optics 'Blue Ocean'
The optical computing industry is fighting over the data center. 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.
Industrial Predictive Maintenance
Factories generate petabytes of high-frequency vibration data. Solphio Edge filters this analog 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
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 centers. 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.
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