<s>
Curie	B-Operating_System
is	O
the	O
codename	O
for	O
a	O
GPU	O
microarchitecture	B-General_Concept
developed	O
by	O
Nvidia	O
,	O
and	O
released	O
in	O
2004	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
successor	O
to	O
Rankine	B-Operating_System
microarchitecture	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
named	O
with	O
reference	O
to	O
the	O
Polish	O
physicist	O
Marie	O
Salomea	O
Skłodowska	O
–	O
Curie	B-Operating_System
and	O
used	O
with	O
the	O
GeForce	O
6	O
and	O
7	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Curie	B-Operating_System
was	O
followed	O
by	O
Tesla	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
lack	O
of	O
unified	O
shaders	O
makes	O
DirectX	B-Application
9.0c	I-Application
the	O
last	O
supported	O
version	O
of	O
DirectX	B-Application
for	O
GPUs	O
based	O
on	O
this	O
microarchitecture	B-General_Concept
.	O
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