Build the hardware your software needs

Victro looks at the software you want to run and builds hardware optimized to run it: faster, cooler, and smaller than an off-the-shelf chip. One tool takes you from your software to a finished, checked design.

forge · your software to silicon
$ forge analyse my-model.onnx studying what your software does… it mostly recognises images, and needs to be low-power $ forge build --for edge designing custom hardware to match… ✓ design ready, and checked against your software ✓ 10× more efficient than a general-purpose chip
Built on a decade of shipping real silicon Edge AI at scale Custom processors Hardware acceleration Secure devices

What it does

Everything from software to silicon, in one tool

No separate teams, no months of hand design. Victro does the whole journey, and proves the result before anything is ever manufactured.

Understands your software

Forge looks at what your program actually does: the work it repeats most, how it moves data around. It uses that as the blueprint for the chip.

Finds the best design

It weighs the trade-offs you care about, like speed, power, size, and cost, then settles on the hardware design that fits all of them best.

Builds the hardware

Forge writes the actual hardware design automatically. It's the kind of work that normally takes a team of engineers many months.

Proves it works

Before anything is manufactured, Forge runs your software against the new design to confirm it behaves exactly as it should.

Runs on real silicon

Take the result to a programmable chip today, or to a fully custom manufactured chip when you're ready to scale, all from the same source.

Stays in budget

Tell Forge your limits, like a power ceiling, a size, or a cost target, and it keeps the whole design inside them, every time.

See it work

Your software in.
Your hardware out.

Point Forge at the software you want to run and tell it what matters. It hands back a custom hardware design, already checked.

  • Works with the models and code you already have
  • One source works for a programmable chip or a custom one
  • Real, measured results, not just estimates
Vforge
your software
taskimage recognition
modelmobilenet
goallow power
limitunder 200 mW
useon a device, at the edge
ready
your hardwarechecked
designcustom accelerator
speed10× per watt
silicon73% smaller
power180 mW
readychip or board

Use cases

Built for the products that can't waste power

Edge AI

Run vision and AI models on a chip built just for them, at a fraction of the power a general processor would burn.

Sensors & IoT

Tiny, low-power processors that carry only the logic your device actually uses, and nothing it doesn't.

Signal processing

Radar, audio, and radio designs shaped around your own algorithms, so they run faster and cooler.

Secure devices

Encryption handled by dedicated hardware, with far less surface for an attacker to reach.

Drones & robotics

Real-time control and perception on hardware sized for the job, not for a spec sheet.

Wearables

When every milliwatt counts, Forge strips the design down to exactly what your product needs.

Why now

The old way of designing chips ran out of road

For decades, hardware was built first and software made to fit it. Four things changed that.

01

Power is the new limit

Data centres are capped by the electricity they can draw; phones and sensors live on a battery. Wasted chip area is wasted power, and nobody can afford it any more.

02

Workloads got hungry

AI, vision, and signal processing demand far more than general-purpose chips were built for. Shaping the chip around the work is the only way to keep up.

03

Custom got affordable

Open chip designs and new manufacturing options mean a tailor-made chip no longer needs a billion-pound budget to make sense.

04

Guesswork stopped working

Throwing the heavy work at hardware and hoping the rest runs in software isn't good enough now. The split has to be deliberate, and Forge makes it automatic.

10×
more efficient
vs. a general chip
73%
less silicon used
nothing wasted
<1 wk
to a checked design
not months
1
tool, start to finish
software to silicon

Stop fitting your software to someone else's chip

Victro is in private beta and working with its first partners. If you build edge AI, smart devices, or anything where power and size matter, let's talk.

Works with your existing models One source, chip or board Checked before you make it Designed in the UK