Modernprocessorarchitectureshaveembracedparallelismasanimportantpathwaytoincreasedperformance.Facingtechnicalchallengeswithhigherclockspeedsinafixedpowerenvelope,CentralProcessingUnits(CPUs)nowimproveperformancebyaddingmultiplecores.GraphicsProcessingUnits(GPUs)havealsoevolvedfromfixedfun