Release date | 2001-2003 2001 |
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Architecture | Kelvin |
Fabrication process | 150 nm |
API support | |
DirectX | 8.0 |
OpenGL | 1.2 (1.5) |
History | |
Predecessor | Celsius |
Successor | Rankine |
Support status | |
Unsupported |
Kelvin is the codename for a GPU microarchitecture developed by Nvidia, and released in 2001, as the successor to the Celsius[1] microarchitecture. It was named with reference to William Thomson (Baron Kelvin) and used with the GeForce 3 and 4 series.