http://www.cotsjournalonline.com/home/article.php?id=100412
"Designed for next-gen digital media apps, the Cell processor has hooked interest among image processing designers for automatic target recognition and related apps."
"With its high performance per watt, the Cell BE processor can address the portable, weight-sensitive and airborne applications (portable ultrasound, unmanned surveillance, military identification and targeting). Automatic target recognition (ATR), time-sensitive targeting, network-centric warfare, and real-time continual surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) are all enhanced with the faster image processing the Cell BE processor delivers.
The ATR algorithm, used for classifying radar images (tank or track vehicle), includes as many as 140 different threat models running on a system with 64 processors. Other defense algorithms use up to 480 processors. The Cell BE processor can dramatically reduce the size of these systems by providing greater density. For network-centric warfare (NCW), the Cell BE processor offers accelerated delivery of time-critical information to the warfighter to enable accurate and timely decisions."
All information is from non-classified sources.
Thanks!
Nice list of applications you presented. That is precisely why I commented to Ernest as I did. Hardware just seemed to match the type applications you listed.