Section 06 · Hardware

A new device — a mesh node you can hold

Reference hardware spec for the open AETHER mesh node.

8-core 3nm ARM + 30 TOPS NPU, solid-state Si-anode battery with solar trickle, multi-radio stack (BLE/UWB/Wi-Fi 7/LoRa/sat), and FIPS 140-3 secure enclave.

Processor

8-core 3 nm ARM + NPU. ~30 TOPS for on-device routing AI.

Battery

Solid-state Si-anode, 6500 mAh. Solar-trickle backplate.

AI accelerator

Dedicated 5W TPU runs the routing PPO agent + voice DSP.

Secure enclave

FIPS 140-3 L3, post-quantum keygen, anti-tamper mesh.

Multi-radio

BLE 5.4, UWB, Wi-Fi 7, LoRa 868/915, NFC, S-band sat.

Antenna array

MIMO 4×4 + beamforming for adaptive directional links.