Build · 6 Mar 2026
First end-to-end turn on Quarto hardware
One question, one answer, one derivation record, on a board with an SD card and no operating system.
Specifics
The numbers, and where they come from
| Quantity | Value | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Response time on target | 11.4 ms | Measured |
| Response time on Folio | 3.6 ms | Measured |
| Artefact size | 198 MB | Measured |
| Turns completed | 1 | Counted |
The result
One turn, and it counted
A single question answered end to end on a board with external PSRAM, an SD card and no operating system, producing a complete derivation record. Eleven point four milliseconds, against three point six on the reference machine.
Three times slower than Folio and still roughly two orders of magnitude below a hosted model on the same reply length. The gap to Folio is card read latency and it is the number to attack next.
What this is not
One turn is not a demo
This is one question, chosen because it exercised the path, on a board on a desk. It is not a working demo, which remains four to six months out, and it should not be quoted as one.
Sample size
A single measured turn. The figure has no distribution behind it yet, which is why it appears here with the count attached rather than in the claims table.