Which CPU are we waiting for to get VM hypervisors in hw?
Dave Johnson
dave-gnhlug at davej.org
Sun Jul 30 21:11:02 EDT 2006
Ted Roche writes:
> It's time to start shopping for a new development laptop. I'm a big
> fan of big iron: the laptop is my primary workstation and I'd prefer
> to lug around a 4 kg machine than lack for power. I'm tempted both by
> the ThinkPad T60p and the MacBookPro. Both run Core Duo. While I
> know these are capable of running VMs, I'm hearing that a next
> generation chip is going to have more capability in the chips to
> provide more powerful VMs. The technical details are beyond me, but
> my questions are simple enough: does anyone know what's the timeline
> on these new chips, and will their delivery in laptops make all that
> much perceivable difference or are the features more aimed at big
> iron (8-way and up) machines.
>
Merom will be out in 1-2 months. Probably worth the wait.
http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=3543
http://www.pcper.com/article.php?type=expert&aid=276
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Dave
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