Intel® Virtualization Technology

Helping to transform IT environments, hardware-assisted Intel® Virtualization Technology (Intel® VT)¹ provides greater flexibility and maximum system utilization by consolidating multiple environments into a single server, workstation, or PC. With fewer systems required for the same tasks, Intel VT delivers:

• Simplified resource management increasing IT efficiency.
• Greater systems reliability and availability reducing corporate risk and real-time losses from downtime.
• Lower hardware acquisition costs with increased utilization of the machines you already have.

• Demo: See how Intel® Virtualization Technology (Intel® VT) works
• Product Brief: Business Benefits

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Making traditional virtualization better

With support from the processor, chipset, BIOS, and enabling software, Intel VT improves traditional software-based virtualization.¹ Taking advantage of offloading workloads to system hardware, these integrated features enable virtualization software to provide more streamlined software stacks and "near native" performance characteristics.

• Tell All Benchmarks: Virtualization Performance on Intel® Xeon® Processor 7400 Series
• Tell All Benchmarks: Virtualization Performance Using VMmark-VMWare ESX* on Intel® Xeon Processor 5000 Sequence
• Boosting Server Virtualization Performance

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• Intel® Virtualization Technologies: Usage Models Beyond Consolidation Brief

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More environments and less hardware required

Virtualization solutions enhanced by Intel VT allow a platform to run multiple operating systems (OSs) and applications as independent virtual machines, allowing one computer system to function as multiple "virtual" systems. For example, IT managers can create a single build with multiple and different OSs, software, and legacy applications.

• Hardware-Assisted Virtualization For Today's Businesses

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• Data Center Efficiency: Turning Challenges Into Opportunities

Extending virtualization beyond business environments

Hardware-assisted Intel VT and software-based virtualization technologies also extend to the home user. Creating virtual "partitions" and isolating multiple user environments, home users can dedicate resources to specific activities like PC games, personal finance, and photo and video libraries, while simultaneously improving defenses against viruses or spyware.