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12-01-2006, 02:00 PM
An article on ServerWatch mentions pending chips from Intel and AMD that will implement virtualization code in hardware:
Xen solutions ... require modifications to the guest OS source code, something that Microsoft, for one, has been reluctant to allow.
However, all that is changing with the introduction of the Intel VT-x technology and AMD’s soon-to-be-launched Pacifica chips. These new processors integrate virtualization capabilities directly into the hardware. The new chips do not provide any benefit for VMware, but they do improve performance for Xen-based solutions and eliminate the need to alter OS code.
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Xen solutions ... require modifications to the guest OS source code, something that Microsoft, for one, has been reluctant to allow.
However, all that is changing with the introduction of the Intel VT-x technology and AMD’s soon-to-be-launched Pacifica chips. These new processors integrate virtualization capabilities directly into the hardware. The new chips do not provide any benefit for VMware, but they do improve performance for Xen-based solutions and eliminate the need to alter OS code.
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