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




-- 
Dave




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