Once confined to specialized server and mainframe systems, virtualization is now supported in off-the-shelf systems based on Intel architecture hardware. Intel Virtualization Technology provides hardware support for processor virtualization, enabling simplifications of virtual machine monitor software. Resulting VMMs can support a wider range of legacy and future operating systems while maintaining high performance.
Index Terms:
virtualization technology, virtual machines, computer architectures, Itanium architecture, IA-32 architecture, software systems
Citation:
Rich Uhlig, Gil Neiger, Dion Rodgers, Amy L. Santoni, Fernando C.M. Martins, Andrew V. Anderson, Steven M. Bennett, Alain K?gi, Felix H. Leung, Larry Smith, "Intel Virtualization Technology," Computer, vol. 38, no. 5, pp. 48-56, May 2005, doi:10.1109/MC.2005.163