Title :
Virtualization Technology and its Impact on Computer Hardware Architecture
Author :
Semnanian, Amir Ali ; Pham, Jeffrey ; Englert, Burkhard ; Wu, Xiaolong
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Eng. & Comput. Sci., California State Univ., Long Beach, CA, USA
Abstract :
The computer hardware of today´s world was designed and architected for the purpose of running a single operating system and its applications and therefore most of the hardware of such computer would be left underutilized. Virtualization enables the option of running multiple virtual computers on a single physical system. This paper studies the various methods, through which virtualization is supported in computer systems. The impact of this solution on computer hardware architecture is also investigated.
Keywords :
computer architecture; operating systems (computers); virtual machines; computer hardware architecture; single operating system; single physical system; virtual computer; virtualization technology; Hardware; Memory management; Operating systems; Security; Servers; Virtual machining; MMU; Paravirtualization; VMM;
Conference_Titel :
Information Technology: New Generations (ITNG), 2011 Eighth International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Las Vegas, NV
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-427-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-7695-4367-3
DOI :
10.1109/ITNG.2011.127
