Edge & On-device semantics.

Run semantic workloads on constrained devices using compact symbolic representations.

Compact semantic representations

Low memory and bandwidth footprint

Offline and intermittent operation

Deterministic local matching

Why embeddings don’t scale to the edge

Most semantic systems assume cloud-scale resources and continuous embeddings. At the edge, memory, bandwidth, power, and latency constraints make high-dimensional floating-point vectors impractical to store, transmit, and compare. As a result, semantic intelligence remains centralized.

Symbolic semantics for constrained environments

SEMQ maps embeddings into compact symbolic codes that preserve semantic structure. These representations are small enough to store locally, transmit efficiently, and compare deterministically on constrained devices. This enables semantic matching and memory without relying on cloud infrastructure.

localSensor / InputEmbed (local or remote)SEMQ EncodeLocal symbolic storeLocal match / filterOptional sync to cloud

Compact Semantic Footprint

Symbolic representations drastically reduce storage requirements.

Offline Operation

Semantic matching works without continuous connectivity.

Low Power & Latency

Local symbolic operations avoid network roundtrips.

Edge-to-Cloud Interoperability

Symbolic codes sync cleanly with centralized systems.

How it works on-device

input → embed → semq.encode → store(code)
query → semq.encode → local_match(code)
optional: sync symbolic state

Evaluation and experiments

Storage footprint, matching behavior, and synchronization trade-offs are evaluated under constrained resource scenarios.

View benchmarks

“Semantic intelligence should not depend on constant connectivity.”

— SEMQ

Bring semantics to the edge.