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CHAMP: A Configurable, Hot-Swappable Edge Architecture for Adaptive Biometric Tasks

Joel Brogan·Matthew Yohe·David Cornett
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What if you could piece together your own custom biometrics and AI analysis system, a bit like LEGO blocks? We aim to bring that technology to field operators in the field who require flexible, high-performance edge AI system that can be adapted on a moment's notice. This paper introduces CHAMP (Configurable Hot-swappable Architecture for Machine Perception), a modular edge computing platform that allows operators to dynamically swap in specialized AI "capability cartridges" for tasks like face recognition, object tracking, and document analysis. CHAMP leverages low-power FPGA-based accelerators on a high-throughput bus, orchestrated by a custom operating system (VDiSK) to enable plug-and-play AI pipelines and cryptographically secured biometric datasets. In this paper we describe the CHAMP design, including its modular scaling with multiple accelerators and the VDiSK operating system for runtime reconfiguration, along with its cryptographic capabilities to keep data stored on modules safe and private. Experiments demonstrate near-linear throughput scaling from 1 to 5 neural compute accelerators, highlighting both the performance gains and saturation limits of the USB3-based bus. Finally, we discuss applications of CHAMP in field biometrics, surveillance, and disaster response, and outline future improvements in bus protocols, cartridge capabilities, and system software.

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Joel Brogan, Matthew Yohe, David Cornett. 2025-07-23. CHAMP: A Configurable, Hot-Swappable Edge Architecture for Adaptive Biometric Tasks. https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.17793

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