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The premiseSoftware that strips Windows to the metal — removing legacy weight exactly where it costs performance. Every operation is measured, reversible, and quiet by default.

The suite — 01 Kernel level

Windows ships with two decades of compatibility weight. optimizer removes it where it measurably costs you — and nowhere else.

GuaranteeA restore point is written before every operation, alongside a signed JSON manifest of each change. One click reverses everything. Nothing is hidden and nothing is permanent.

0.5msTimer resolutionForced scheduler granularity, down from the 15.6ms default.
30–50Fewer processesBackground services and telemetry chains removed at boot.
<2MBFootprintZero resident processes once the work is finished.
100%ReversibleEvery mutation is logged, signed and restorable.

Kernel scheduling

Scheduler and timer resolution forced to 0.5ms. MMCSS overrides allocate maximum CPU slices to the foreground task.

Memory pipeline

Pagefile fixed to RAM × 1.5, eliminating stutter caused by runtime resizing spikes under load.

Network stack

TcpAckFrequency=1, TCPNoDelay=1, DSCP EF marking, NDIS interrupt coalescing disabled.

Telemetry removal

47 Task Scheduler entries removed, DiagTrack chain disabled, hosts-level endpoint blocking applied.

GPU pipeline

DirectX preemption at triangle level, driver telemetry stripped from startup, HAGS enabled.

USB polling

Peripheral interrupt rates elevated and phase-aligned to monitor refresh for competitive precision.

Restore system

Restore point before every operation, signed JSON manifest, one-click full rollback.

Raw input path

Pointer acceleration curves and input smoothing removed from the HID-to-application path.

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The suite — 02 Display pipeline

Black Frame Insertion has existed for years — always at the cost of VRR or OLED compatibility. pulse breaks that tradeoff.

MethodStrobing is synchronised to the panel's own variable refresh pipeline and injected during the blanking interval, so perceived motion clarity rises without touching the render path.

1000Hz+PerceivedMotion clarity equivalent, on the display you already own.
0msAdded latencyInjection happens inside the blanking period only.
∞VRR rangeG-Sync and FreeSync compatible across the full window.
5Panel typesOLED, QD-OLED, IPS, TN and VA.

VRR-synchronised BFI

Reads the VRR signal via DXGI output statistics and injects black frames in step with the blanking interval.

OLED & QD-OLED native

Sub-0.1ms pixel response exploited at sub-millisecond precision. Hold time cut to 30–50% with adaptive brightness compensation.

Zero added latency

Input sampling, GPU rendering and frame delivery remain completely unmodified.

Per-application profiles

Signed JSON profiles, auto-switched by process name via WMI event subscription. Transitions are sub-frame.

On the horizon 05 Six threads
Sixdimensions. Onephilosophy.
01 echo.™ Concept Profiles your specific CPU die — not your chip model, your physical chip. Maps core-to-core variance, thermals and boost binning.
02 signal.™ Concept Reduces input-to-photon latency at the HID driver layer. Built for sim racing, fighting games and competitive FPS.
03 rhythm.™ Research Calibrates the display pipeline to your visual neurology — flicker fusion threshold, motion sensitivity, colour perception.
04 prelude.™ Concept Optimises the system before Windows loads. UEFI memory training and unused firmware subsystems, at pre-OS level.
05 fabric.™ Research Zero-configuration mesh distributing workloads across idle devices you already own — physics, AI, background simulation.
06 void.™ Research A thin Type-1 hypervisor running Windows in a near-bare-metal partition, removing scheduling interference from the critical path.
Manifesto

Built by a single developer in Italy. No VC. No team. Only craft, precision, and a deep love of the kernel.

optimizer · pulse · signal · void
echo · rhythm · fabric · prelude
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