Bachelor Thesis from the year 2013 in the subject Computer Science - Programming, grade: 1.0, University of Applied Sciences Oberosterreich, Hagenberg, course: Software Engineering, language: English, abstract: This thesis provides an introduction into programming for GPUs using OpenCL. After a historical overview of how graphic cards have evolved, the peculiarities of GPU and CPU hardware are discussed. Based on this knowledge, OpenCL is introduced as an API supporting all kinds of processing hardware. A deeper look into OpenCL's execution and memory model, which allows handling...