diff --git a/include/MemoryProcessing.cuh b/include/MemoryProcessing.cuh
index d3fb882f216fbce20824969184d84d39a06e4b38..965117a51a37f9ab5f9f9f74f849150a61d4936e 100644
--- a/include/MemoryProcessing.cuh
+++ b/include/MemoryProcessing.cuh
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 
 namespace memproc
 {
+    template <MemType memtype>
+    bool realloc(void *&array, const size_t new_size);
+
     template <MemType memtype>
     bool realloc(void *&array, size_t &allocated_size, const size_t new_size);
 
diff --git a/include/MemoryProcessing.h b/include/MemoryProcessing.h
index 409d2921c54cbbcdda0a5c8fc276906c8472b37e..b3db1fece0388f6a471dfbd833fed4e62bd7be8b 100644
--- a/include/MemoryProcessing.h
+++ b/include/MemoryProcessing.h
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 
 namespace memproc
 {
+    template <MemType memtype>
+    bool alloc(void *&array, const size_t new_size);
+
     template <MemType memtype>
     bool realloc(void *&array, size_t &allocated_size, const size_t new_size);
 
diff --git a/src/MemoryProcessing.cpp b/src/MemoryProcessing.cpp
index 8705f200dacb72ef3e4e5d663036091849005795..ecaa177ca07bdaf316d9c37f62dcafc4866273e0 100644
--- a/src/MemoryProcessing.cpp
+++ b/src/MemoryProcessing.cpp
@@ -21,6 +21,16 @@ bool memproc::dealloc<MemType::CPU>(void *&array)
     return true;
 }
 
+template <>
+bool memproc::alloc<MemType::CPU>(void *&array, const size_t new_size)
+{
+    array = malloc(new_size);
+    memset(array, 0, new_size);
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+
 template <>
 bool memproc::realloc<MemType::CPU>(void *&array, size_t &allocated_size, const size_t new_size)
 {
diff --git a/src/MemoryProcessing.cu b/src/MemoryProcessing.cu
index 5447a3aec52a4d4ca2c2439a9fe1d321a141ae1a..9ce6d30cd2e7780c1df278dfc569ab15d546e411 100644
--- a/src/MemoryProcessing.cu
+++ b/src/MemoryProcessing.cu
@@ -21,6 +21,15 @@ bool memproc::dealloc<MemType::GPU>(void *&array)
     return true;
 }
 
+template <>
+bool memproc::alloc<MemType::GPU>(void *&array, const size_t new_size)
+{
+    cudaMalloc ( (void **)&array, new_size);
+    cudaMemset(array, 0, new_size);
+
+    return true;
+}
+
 template <>
 bool memproc::realloc<MemType::GPU>(void *&array, size_t &allocated_size, const size_t new_size)
 {