USE CASES

Where attested inference goes to work

Attested Infrastructure Inference deploys in two zones: at the meter, where SecureGrid S-Series (roadmap) protects measurement and utility revenue through the TrustCore Trust Continuum, and at the compute node, where InferEdge NPUs run JBIA - ICSM-managed completion under Energy Contract, INT8/INT4 execution, and Proof-Carrying Inference export for systems that cannot depend on the cloud. SecureGrid and InferEdge are in development - not shipping silicon.

Intermittent
Grid Power Assumption
0 °C
Ambient Heat, No Cooling
sub-15 W
JBIA Power Envelope
Attested
Offline Inference
01 — Smart Metering & Utility Revenue

Revenue protection starts inside the meter

Utilities across the Global South lose a significant share of generated power to non-technical losses — bypassed meters, tampered firmware, spoofed readings. SecureGrid™ S-Series is the roadmap answer: measurement encrypted at capture, exported as Proof-Carrying measurement attestation through the TrustCore Trust Continuum — verified ingest, not trust on belief. Architecture and FPGA validation path are in development; no shipping SecureGrid silicon yet.

SecureGrid™ UC-01 / METERING · ROADMAP

Untrusted readings cannot be billed. SecureGrid S-Series is designed to export signed measurement attestation through the TrustCore Trust Continuum — cryptographically verifiable at the head-end, resilient through brownouts and tamper. Pre-silicon: architecture defined, FPGA validation on the roadmap.

SecureGrid Architecture
Attestation bundle on every export Encrypted capture · tamper mesh · sub-2 W Per-die PUF identity · offline alert queue In development · not shipping silicon
02 — Edge AI

Inference where the infrastructure isn't

InferEdge™ is designed to run quantized AI workloads entirely at the edge — within a sub-15 W envelope, without assuming cloud connectivity. Models run locally, results sync when the network returns, and the architecture targets the heat and power conditions of real field deployments. InferEdge remains in development on the AII roadmap.

Agriculture

Crop disease detection, soil and irrigation analytics, and pest identification on solar-powered field units — inference at the farm, not in a data center a continent away.

Solar Power Budget Offline Inference

Health

Point-of-care diagnostics and medical imaging triage for clinics with intermittent power and no reliable uplink — patient data stays local, protected by the hardware root of trust.

Data Sovereignty On-Device Models

Industry

Predictive maintenance, visual inspection, and process monitoring for plants and telecom sites where every watt is budgeted and downtime is measured in revenue.

Predictive Maintenance Sub-15 W
03 — National Platforms & Payments

Sovereign trust for national-scale systems

Digital ID, payment switches, POS, and mobile money converge at the transaction boundary. TrustCore extends the Trust Continuum into national platforms — verifiable root of trust in silicon, PUF identity per terminal, attestation at every admit. No attestation, no trusted transaction. TrustCore is on the AII roadmap — architecture first, silicon later.

Trust Continuum Attestation Bundle Verifiable Root of Trust
TrustCore Root of Trust
04 — Defense & Critical Systems

Trusted compute with a transparent supply chain

For defense and critical national infrastructure, the provenance of the silicon is part of the threat model. Nelix designs for full supply-chain transparency — from RTL to package — with tamper evidence, measured boot, and a security architecture that can be independently reviewed by the institutions that depend on it.

Supply Chain Transparency Tamper Evidence Measured Boot
Security Architecture
ProvenanceDesign authority and documentation held end-to-end
TamperMesh + sensors; events preserved as signed evidence
BootMeasured, attested, anti-rollback by default
IsolationOperates fully disconnected; no cloud dependency
ReviewArchitecture open to accredited third-party audit
Applications

Applications

Connected Mobility

Connected Mobility

Electric fleets and connected vehicles across Africa need real-time AI that runs on-device, not in a distant cloud. Our chips deliver edge intelligence for mobility systems built for harsh roads and extreme heat.

Edge AI ADAS Fleet Telematics OTA Security V2X Communication Predictive Maintenance
 Sovereign Infrastructure

Sovereign Infrastructure

National ID systems, utility networks, and government platforms require silicon that can be trusted and audited. Our chips provide the hardware root of trust for Africa's most critical digital infrastructure.

SCADA Hardware Root of Trust National ID Sovereign Infrastructure Anti-Tamper ICS Security
Defense & National Security

Defense & National Security

Military and security applications demand the highest levels of trust and transparency. Our chips are designed for environments where supply chain integrity is non-negotiable.

Supply Chain Security PUF Identity Secure Boot Anti-Counterfeit Mission-Critical Encrypted Execution
Health & Diagnostics

Health & Diagnostics

Rural clinics need AI diagnostics that work without reliable internet. Our chips run medical imaging models at the point of care, delivering results in milliseconds with patient data that never leaves the device.

Medical AI Point-of-Care Diagnostics Edge Imaging Patient Data Privacy Low Power Offline Inference
AgriTech & Food Security

AgriTech & Food Security

Crop disease spreads faster than a farmer can reach an extension officer. Our chips enable instant plant health analysis from cameras and drones, detecting threats at the field edge before yields are lost.

Precision Agriculture Smart Farming Crop Disease Detection Drone Analytics On-Device AI Food Security
Finance & Digital Commerce

Finance & Digital Commerce

Millions of transactions cross Africa's mobile money networks daily on unverified hardware. Our chips bring PUF-authenticated security to POS terminals, digital banking, and financial infrastructure at the silicon level.

Mobile Money Security Digital Banking Transaction Authentication SIM Security POS Terminals Fraud Prevention
05 — IN DEVELOPMENT

From FPGA validation to attested AII platforms

2026–2027

Architecture Freeze & FPGA Validation

  • JBIA architecture freeze — ICSM completion model and PCI export path
  • FPGA AII validation on InferEdge™ EA-Series with TrustCore Trust Continuum
  • Utility and infrastructure partner pilot engagement
2027–2029

First Silicon & PCI Validation

  • SecureGrid™ S-Series and InferEdge™ EA-Series tape-out path
  • Foundry and design-partner engagement for first silicon
  • Proof-Carrying Fleet Operations validation in field pilots
2029–2032

AII Platforms at Scale

  • Proof-Carrying Fleet Operations across energy, industry, and government
  • Nelix Compute Platform — attested inference at sovereign scale
  • Attested inference platforms for African infrastructure deployment
Engage

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Our engineering team can walk through how Nelix silicon maps onto your requirements — threat model, power budget, and deployment conditions included.