Space Time Adaptive Processing Estimates for IBM/Sony/Toshiba Cell Broadband Engine Processor

Abstract

In order to enhance the processing capabilities while keeping the power consumption at a reasonable level, processors have become more integrated with additional logic units. An exciting example of this technology trend is the Sony/Toshiba/IBM new Cell multi-core processor. This paper explores the application of a computationally intensive algorithm implemented on the Cell processor. The algorithm analyzed in this paper is the Space-Time Adaptive Processing (STAP). STAP is an advanced method to detect targets with small cross sections in noisy environments.