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Rankine (microarchitecture)
GPU microarchitecture by Nvidia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rankine is the codename for a GPU microarchitecture developed by Nvidia, and released in 2003, as the successor to Kelvin[1] microarchitecture. It was named with reference to Macquorn Rankine and used with the GeForce FX series.
Quick Facts Release date, Architecture ...
Release date | 2003-2005 2003 |
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Architecture | Rankine |
Fabrication process | 150 nm, 140 nm, 130 nm |
API support | |
DirectX | 9.0 |
OpenGL | 1.5 (2.1) |
History | |
Predecessor | Kelvin |
Successor | Curie |
Support status | |
Unsupported |
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