GPU microarchitecture by Nvidia
Nvidia CelsiusRelease date | 1999-2005 1999 |
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Architecture | Celsius |
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Fabrication process | 220 nm, 180nm, 150 nm |
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Direct3D | 7.0 |
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OpenGL | 1.2 (1.5) |
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Predecessor | Fahrenheit |
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Successor | Kelvin |
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Celsius is the codename for a GPU microarchitecture developed by Nvidia, and released in 1999 microarchitecture. It was named with reference to Anders Celsius and used with the GeForce 256 and GeForce 2 series.
Graphics features
- DirectX 7.0
- OpenGL 1.2 (1.5)[1][2]
- Max VRAM size bumped to 128MB
Chips
- NV10, 17 million transistor[3]
- NV11, 20 million transistor[4]
- NV15, 25 million transistor[5]
- NV17, 29 million transistor[6]
- NV18, 29 million transistor
- Crush11, 20 million transistor[7]
- Crush17, 29 million transistor[8]
GPU list
Model
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Launch
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Code name
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Fab (nm)
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Bus interface
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Core clock (MHz)
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Memory clock (MHz)
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Core config1
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Fillrate
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Memory
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Processing power (GFLOPS)
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MOperations/s
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MPixels/s
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MTexels/s
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MVertices/s
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Size (MB)
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Bandwidth (GB/s)
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Bus type
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Bus width (bit)
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Single precision
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GeForce 256 SDR
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11 October 1999
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NV10
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TSMC 220 nm
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AGP 4×
PCI
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120
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166
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4:4:4
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480
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480
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480
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0
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32
64
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2.656
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SDR
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128
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50
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GeForce 256 DDR
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13 December 1999
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150
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4.8
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DDR
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Model
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Launch
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Code name
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Fab (nm)
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Bus interface
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Core clock (MHz)
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Memory clock (MHz)
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Core config1
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Fillrate
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Memory
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MOperations/s
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MPixels/s
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MTexels/s
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MVertices/s
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Size (MB)
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Bandwidth (GB/s)
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Bus type
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Bus width (bit)
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GeForce2 MX IGP + nForce 220/420
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4 June 2001
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NV1A (IGP) / NV11 (MX)
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TSMC 180 nm
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FSB
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175
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133
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2:4:2
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350
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350
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700
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0
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Up to 32 system RAM
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2.128
4.256
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DDR
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64
128
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GeForce2 MX200
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3 March 2001
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AGP 4×
PCI
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166
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32
64
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1.328
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SDR
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64
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GeForce2 MX
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28 June 2000
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2.656
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128
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GeForce2 MX400
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3 March 2001
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200
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166,200 (SDR)
166 (DDR)
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400
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400
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800
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2.656, 3.200
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SDR
DDR
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128 (SDR)
64 (DDR)
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GeForce2 GTS
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26 April 2000
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NV15
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AGP 4×
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166
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4:8:4
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800
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800
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1600
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5.312
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DDR
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128
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GeForce2 Pro
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5 December 2000
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200
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6.4
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GeForce2 Ti
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1 October 2001
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TSMC 150 nm
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250
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1000
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1000
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2000
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GeForce2 Ultra
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14 August 2000
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NV16
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TSMC 180 nm
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230
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64
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7.36
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Model
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Launch
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Code name
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Fab (nm)
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Bus interface
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Core clock (MHz)
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Memory clock (MHz)
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Core config1
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MOperations/s
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MPixels/s
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MTexels/s
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MVertices/s
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Size (MB)
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Bandwidth (GB/s)
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Bus type
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Bus width (bit)
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Fillrate
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Memory
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See also
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