The graphics processing unit (GPU), which originally was used exclusively for visualization
purposes, has evolved into an extremely powerful co-processor. In the meanwhile, through
the development of elaborate interfaces, the GPU can be used to process data and deal with
computationally intensive applications. The speed-up factors attained compared to the
central processing unit (CPU) are dependent on the particular application, as the GPU
architecture gives the best performance for algorithms that exhibit high data parallelism and …