XEN NOW SUPPORTS AMD VIRTUALIZATION

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http://news.com.com/2061-10791_3-6061102.html

 

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Xen already supports Intel Virtualization Technology so it's nice to hear AMD catching up.

http://news.com.com/Xen+lures+big-name+endorsements+-+page+2/2100-7344_3-5581484-2.html?tag=st.num

The requirement for a modified operating system will loosen with Intel's coming Vanderpool Technology, or VT, due in 2005, Pratt said. It will mean unmodified operating systems will run on Xen, though not as fast as modified ones. That means Windows will run on Xen even though open-source programmers don't have access to change Windows itself.

Pratt being Ian Pratt the founder of XenSource.

It's also nice to see that AMD helped lend their programming support to ensure they could make such a grande announcement.

Currently Xen works with Linux on computers using x86 processors such as Intel's Pentium, but efforts are under way to extend it into other domains. This week, AMD announced it's helping to bring Xen to 64-bit x86 chips such as its Opteron, future generations of which, employing "Pacifica" technology, will have new virtualization support.

 

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Check it out here:
http://news.com.com/2061-10791_3-6061102.html

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