title: GNU Parallel and the GPU?
body: <p>I am interested in getting GNU Parallel to run some numerical computation tasks on the GPU.  Generically speaking, here is my initial approach:</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>Write the tasks to use OpenCL, or some other GPU interfacing library</li>
  <li>Call GNU parallel on the task list (<em>I am unsure about the need for this step</em>)</li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>This brought up the following questions:</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>Does my approach/use-case benefit from the use of GNU Parallel (i.e. should I even use it here)?</li>
  <li>Does GNU Parallel offer a built-in mechanism for running tasks in
  parallel on a GPU? </li>
  <li>If so, how can I configure GNU Parallel to do
  this?</li>
  </ol>