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Numerical simulations, eg, finite element analysis, of large systems of similar elements (eg neural networks, genetic algorithms, particle systems, mechanical systems) are one example of an application that can benefit from GPGPU computation. During numerical simulations, disk and user input/output can be performed independently of computation because these two processes require interactions with periph eral hardware (disk, Screen, keyboard, mouse, etc) and put relatively low load on the central processing unit/system (CPU). Complete independence is not desirable, however; user input might affect how the computation is performed and even interrupt it if necessary. Furthermore, the user output and the disk output are dependent on the results of the com putation. A reasonable solution would be to separate input/output into threads, so that it is interacting with hardware occurs in parallel with the computation …