The Architecture of Virtual Machines

  • Authors:
  • James E. Smith;Ravi Nair

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Wisconsin-Madison;IBM T.J. Watson Research Center

  • Venue:
  • Computer
  • Year:
  • 2005

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Abstract

A virtual machine can support individual processes or a complete system depending on the abstraction level where virtualization occurs. Some VMs support flexible hardware usage and software isolation, while others translate from one instruction set to another.