The impossible is just unengineered.
Silicon Audio is where the future is built, where science advances, and where limits become launchpads.
At Silicon Audio, we blend traditional instrumentation with modern engineering for superior performance. A single, simple sensor design, capable of precision ground measurements for scientific research, energy exploration, earthquake, volcano, and structural monitoring, and beyond.
Our interferometer-based optical seismometers shatter the noise floor that has limited exploration for generations. Deploy anywhere, in any environment from the ocean floor to the surface of Earth and the moon, without leveling, without compromise.
We design to change what’s seen as possible.
Mission-Critical Focus: Where precision meets the impossible.
Our three product lines embody years of advanced research and countless engineering hours, each solution proven in environments where failure isn’t an option, from the depths of the seafloor to the surface of the moon.
Silicon Audio is supporting Texas’s critical TexNet program, the most advanced state-run seismic monitoring system in the country, funded with over $4.5 million to deploy nearly 100 seismometer across Texas to monitor earthquake activity linked to oil and gas operations. Our sensors are part of a statewide grid that provide real-time earthquake detection down to magnitude 1.5 and enabling researchers to distinguish between natural and induced seismic events. This critical infrastructure helps state regulators, industry, and communities make data-driven decisions about seismic risks, representing a paradigm shift in earthquake monitoring and analysis capabilities for the energy-rich regions of Texas.
Silicon Audio collaborated with the University of Maryland to operate a temporary seismic array in Greenland as part of a NASA-funded “icy worlds” project. We collaborated with UMD to deploy and maintain a seismic array, demonstrating our sensor’s capabilities to operate in harsh conditions without compromising on data quality.
Silicon Audio collaborated with the University of Arizona and the University of Maryland to operate a temporary seismic array in Greenland as part of a NASA-funded “icy worlds” project. We worked with UofA and UMD to deploy and maintain a seismic array, demonstrating our sensor’s capabilities to operate in harsh conditions without compromising on data quality.
Silicon Audio’s optical seismometers are currently deployed by Los Alamos National Laboratory for critical nuclear nonproliferation monitoring research, leveraging our sensors’ ultra-low noise performance and high dynamic range to detect and analyze seismic signatures from potential underground nuclear tests. This collaboration represents a cornerstone application where our precision optical technology and industry-leading omnitilt sensor capabilities directly support national security objectives, demonstrating how breakthrough sensor performance translates to enhanced monitoring capabilities for one of the nation’s most sensitive detection missions.
Silicon Audio has partnered with Subsea Data Systems to revolutionize underwater seismic monitoring by integrating our optical seismometers into SMART Cable repeaters on the seafloor. We’ve developed ultra-low noise omnitilt sensors that operate at any orientation up to 180 degrees, making it the ideal choice for SMART Cable sensor systems where rapid uncontrolled seafloor deployments are required. This technology will transform early tsunami and earthquake detection, global climate monitoring, and critical fiber cable infrastructure resilience, extending our precision sensing capabilities from the lunar surface to Earth’s surface to the deep ocean.
