<s>
Gelato	B-Application
(	O
from	O
Italian	O
language	O
:	O
"	O
Frozen	O
"	O
,	O
or	O
"	O
Icecream	O
"	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
hardware-accelerated	O
,	O
offline	O
renderer	O
created	O
by	O
graphics	B-Device
card	I-Device
manufacturer	O
Nvidia	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
originally	O
intended	O
for	O
use	O
with	O
its	O
Quadro	O
FX	O
GPU	B-Architecture
,	O
although	O
a	O
Quadro	O
class	O
GPU	B-Architecture
is	O
no	O
longer	O
a	O
requirement	O
,	O
as	O
it	O
now	O
also	O
supports	O
GeForce	B-Application
cards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Designed	O
to	O
produce	O
film-quality	O
images	O
,	O
Gelato	B-Application
uses	O
a	O
shading	O
language	O
very	O
similar	O
to	O
RenderMan	B-Application
's	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gelato	B-Application
was	O
first	O
released	O
in	O
April	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Gelato	B-Application
2.0	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
a	O
push	O
to	O
popularize	O
GPU	B-Architecture
accelerated	O
rendering	O
(	O
as	O
opposed	O
to	O
the	O
traditional	O
CPU	O
rendering	O
)	O
,	O
Nvidia	O
released	O
a	O
free	O
version	O
of	O
Gelato	B-Application
for	O
PCs	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
on	O
23	O
May	O
2008	O
,	O
Nvidia	O
released	O
Gelato	B-Application
Pro	O
as	O
a	O
free	O
download	O
without	O
any	O
additional	O
license	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
order	O
to	O
boost	O
the	O
adoption	O
of	O
the	O
product	O
by	O
a	O
wider	O
user	O
base	O
,	O
in	O
late	O
2006	O
,	O
Nvidia	O
decided	O
to	O
split	O
the	O
product	O
up	O
into	O
two	O
versions	O
,	O
a	O
free	O
version	O
called	O
Gelato	B-Application
and	O
a	O
professional	O
version	O
called	O
Gelato	B-Application
Pro	O
,	O
which	O
sold	O
for	O
US$	O
1,500	O
per	O
render	O
node	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gelato	B-Application
Pro	O
is	O
now	O
also	O
offered	O
as	O
a	O
free	O
download	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
whole	O
'	O
Gelato	B-Application
Zone	O
 '	O
,	O
including	O
Gelato	B-Application
Pro	O
2.2	O
,	O
was	O
removed	O
from	O
Nvidia	O
's	O
website	O
around	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
July	O
2008	O
,	O
in	O
favour	O
of	O
the	O
new	O
CUDA-based	O
OptiX	B-Algorithm
ray	O
tracing	O
engine	O
.	O
</s>
