​Project Title: Banca Semmir V3 - Asymmetric Edge SIGINT & AI Architecture

 

Team: Banca Semmir Ltd.

​VideoDemo: https://youtube.com/@bancateknology?si=Eh64MgcAuppa4n8Q

​The Engineering Challenge:

How do you fit a complete Signal Intelligence (SIGINT) command center, a deep-learning RF analyzer, and a cryptographic brute-force unit into a sealed, 25mm-thick magnesium tactical armor running on battery power? You cannot rely on traditional desktop GPUs or power-hungry servers. You must redefine edge computing using an asymmetric M.2 architecture.

​The Solution: The "Big.LITTLE" Tactical AI Doctrine

For this Demo Jam, we are thrilled to unveil the intelligence pipeline of Banca Semmir V3. Our system utilizes a custom 6-slot PCIe M.2 backplane connected to a rugged Getac tactical tablet. To survive the strict thermal and power constraints of the frontline, we divided our AI workload into two distinct roles:

• ​The Spotter (Slot 5 - DeGirum ORCA): A low-power ASIC running continuously on just 1-3 Watts. It constantly scans raw RF data from our SDR for anomalies without draining the battery.
• ​The Heavyweight Analyst (Slot 6 - Axelera Metis): The absolute powerhouse of our system. It remains in an idle, power-saving state until a target is acquired.

​What You Are Seeing in the Video:

In this hardware demonstration, you are looking at our custom 4K Tactical HUD paired with our live PCIe backplane prototype logic.

1. ​Idle Phase: The left panel shows the ORCA continuously scanning the environment (UHF band) while the Axelera Metis core rests at 1% NPU utilization.
2. ​Target Acquisition & Spike: An anomaly is isolated. Watch the system telemetry on the right: The Axelera Metis core instantly wakes up, spiking to 100% NPU load.
3. ​Zero-Copy DMA Execution: Instead of bottlenecking the CPU, raw I/Q data is routed directly to the Axelera chip. Within seconds, Metis runs a deep-learning classification model, identifies the signal as "Encrypted Drone Telemetry," extracts the cryptographic hash, and pushes it directly to our Numato Artix UltraScale+ FPGA (Slot 2) to initiate a brute-force attack.

​Progress over perfection. This is the future of mobile SIGINT