1998 research cohort / GPU
NVIDIA · model variant
Candidate · no owner discrepancy decisionNVIDIA RIVA TNT graphics chip is recorded in the 1998 GPU research cohort under NVIDIA. The current display name and classification are normalization proposals.
unknown
Intended users: graphics-chip and board ecosystem
Engineering response: unknown
NVIDIA Corporate Timeline 1998 · 1998 timeline March entry
First-party chronology supports identity and month but does not state a problem or engineering response.
No suitable first-party purpose statement in the frozen source set.
Comparable benchmark evidence has not been established for this record. Missing results do not imply poor performance.
The year above is a research-cohort label. Announcement, production, shipment and retail availability are distinct events.
First-party chronology supports a month-precision chip launch; no TSMC partnership date is substituted for launch.
NVIDIA Corporation · lines 9-14
First-party chronology states March 1998 launch and identifies a 3D processor.
Exact date, first shipment, board partners, region.
No owner discrepancy decision is recorded. This does not mean there are no unresolved issues.
The first-party NVIDIA chronology provides month-level chip launch entries but no board, channel, or shipment evidence; those fields must remain unknown.
Audit source · chronology lines 4-14
The timeline lists RIVA 128ZX in February and RIVA TNT in March 1998 without exact day or channel detail.
Follow-up: Retain month precision and pursue independent shipment/channel evidence before canonical inclusion.
Several frozen rows rely on retrospective chronology or contemporary technical reporting without a confirmed first-commercial-shipment record; evidence is insufficient for automatic promotion.
Audit source · chronology lines 4-14
The evidence establishes launch/announcement wording but leaves exact shipment, channel, and regional scope unresolved across multiple rows.
Follow-up: Require human review and targeted primary or contemporary channel corroboration; do not normalize by inference.
These notes preserve the state at intake. Later verification is shown under Release evidence above; an original note saying verification had not occurred is not the current assessment.
NVIDIA Corporation ·
Imported source reference; independent verification has not occurred.
Chip identity. NVIDIA's retrospective corporate timeline states March 1998 launch. Contemporary technical reporting should later test exact introduction and first production/shipment timing.