x86 virtualization
Hardware-assisted virtualization on x86/x86-64 CPUs / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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x86 virtualization is the use of hardware-assisted virtualization capabilities on an x86/x86-64 CPU.
In the late 1990s x86 virtualization was achieved by complex software techniques, necessary to compensate for the processor's lack of hardware-assisted virtualization capabilities while attaining reasonable performance. In 2005 and 2006, both Intel (VT-x) and AMD (AMD-V) introduced limited hardware virtualization support that allowed simpler virtualization software but offered very few speed benefits.[1] Greater hardware support, which allowed substantial speed improvements, came with later processor models.