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Tag: hypervisors

VMware and the Return of Full-System Virtualization on x86

VMware Workstation revived virtual machines on commodity x86 PCs by combining dynamic binary translation, direct execution and device virtualization before Intel and AMD added dedicated virtualization support.

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Xen and Paravirtualization: Virtual Machines Before Hardware Support Caught Up

Xen made x86 virtualization efficient by modifying guest operating systems to cooperate with a small hypervisor, proving paravirtualization before Intel VT-x and AMD-V made unmodified guests easier to run.

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