Asynchronous computing for efficient machine-intelligent AI
Volatco is a new class of computer built to endure.
Volatco is not designed for short product cycles, cloud dependency, nor opaque software stacks or frameworks. It is a long-lived, human-scale computing platform focused on understanding, resilience, and control.
At its core, Volatco is Forth-native, keeping computation close to the hardware and close to human reasoning. Programs remain readable, modifiable, and repairable over time—without fragile toolchains or hidden abstraction layers.
Volatco embraces asynchronous, distributed computing. Instead of relying on a single clocked processor, it operates as a collection of simple, autonomous computing elements that cooperate without centralized fragility. This architecture favors robustness, parallelism, and graceful degradation.
Designed with a 100-year ethic, Volatco rejects planned obsolescence. It is meant to be repaired, taught, inherited, and trusted. No mandatory cloud connections. No black-box firmware. No forced upgrades.
Volatco is not a consumer gadget. It is a cybernetic instrument—for sensing, control, education, robotics, artificial life, and long-running autonomous systems where failure, opacity, or loss of control is unacceptable.
Volatco stands for computing that lasts—technically, intellectually, and culturally.
Why Volatco
When speed, power efficiency, and parallelism matter, Volatco provides a reliable environment for rapid prototyping and production deployment.
Massive parallelism
144 independent 18-bit F18A cores for concurrent workloads.
Ultra-low power
Designed for energy-aware systems and always-on sensing.
Real-time control
Asynchronous architecture keeps tasks flowing without central bottlenecks.
Developer-ready
Programmable with arrayForth and designed for bespoke firmware stacks.
Technical overview
Volatco combines dense compute with sustainable power budgets for next-generation embedded intelligence.
- Up to 96 billion operations per second
- 650 mW max power draw with nano-watt idle per core
- Energy efficiency around 7 pJ per instruction
- Compact 88-pin QFN package
- Suitable for IoT, sensor fusion, and adaptive monitoring
Community support
Join the Volatco Discord channel for community support, project updates, and collaboration with builders exploring resilient, long-lived computing.
Ask questions, share experiments, and get help from others working with Volatco hardware and asynchronous systems.
Intelligent correlative systems
Volatco enables closed-loop monitoring and control for safety-critical environments. Its architecture supports clustered workloads, rapid iteration, and truly parallel execution without the overhead of cloud dependency.
- Sensor fusion and adaptive monitoring
- Real-time industrial control
- Robotics and embodied intelligence
- Energy-constrained AI at the edge
- Self-replicating systems