Intel® Virtualization Technology is part of a collection of premier Intel designed and manufactured silicon technologies that deliver new and improved computing benefits for home and business users, and IT managers. Others in the market today include Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology and Intel 64, with plans for Intel® Active Management Technology and LaGrande Technology that focus on management and greater security underway.

Virtualization enhanced by Intel Virtualization Technology will allow a platform to run multiple operating systems and applications in independent partitions. With virtualization, one computer system can function as multiple “virtual” systems. With processor and I/O enhancements to Intel’s various platforms, Intel Virtualization Technology can improve the performance and robustness of today’s software-only virtual machine solutions.

Within the digital office and enterprise, for example, businesses will be able to isolate a portion of a managed PC to perform system upgrades and maintenance without interrupting the end-user. IT managers could also create one desktop PC build that can function independently as both a business and personal system, keeping software loads and virus attacks separate, or one that runs different operating systems and software for different or legacy tasks. Multiple servers can be combined into one system, running different applications and operating systems, providing advantages for IT tasks such as server consolidation, legacy migration and security.

Home users could create virtual “partitions” isolating multiple user environments such as dedicating resources to a PC game, productivity, and personal video recorder-type environments, as well as improve defenses against viruses or spy ware.

Intel Virtualization Technology is a set of hardware enhancements to Intel server and client platforms that can improve virtualization solutions.

• Intel Virtualization Technology will provide a foundation for widely-deployed virtualization solutions
  - Intel Virtualization Technology-based Virtualization under development by leading providers of virtualization infrastructure
  - Intel Virtualization Technology forms the foundation of a roadmap of Intel technologies focused on improved virtualization and safer computing
• Provides headroom for more robust hardware-assisted virtualization solutions:
  - When combined with the right software Intel Virtualization Technology can improve the reliability and supportability of virtualization solutions, enabling improved consolidation and fail-over for servers
  - For client platforms, Intel Virtualization Technology helps optimized software provide a foundation for highly available and more secure client virtualization partitions
• Intel platforms supporting Intel Virtualization Technology started shipping in 2005 for desktop and 2006 for mobile platforms and Intel® Xeon® processor-based servers and workstations.
  - Later in 2006, Intel® Itanium® processor-based servers supporting Intel Virtualization Technology will start shipping