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- Bintrans - A dynamic binary translator that runs programs on architectures they were not compiled for. It does this by dynamically translating the machine code of the programs to be run to machine code for the native architecture. Documentation, screenshots, downloads.
- Xen virtual machine monitor - A virtual machine monitor for x86 that supports execution of multiple guest operating systems with focus on performance and resource isolation. Describes architecture, documentation, changelog and downloads. [Open Source]
- Bochs IA-32 Emulator Project - An open source emulator for all popular architectures and operating systems.
- PlateSpin Ltd. - Provides tools for automated conversion between physical and virtual architectures in the data center.
- QEMU CPU Emulator - A processor emulator that is used to run an x86 Linux Kernel on x86 Linux. Provides documentation, changelogs, benchmarks, supported target- and host-CPUs as well as downloads.
- Plex86 x86 Virtual Machine Project - Simulates a x86 processor and can be used to run Linux as a guest. It also can be used to accelerate bochs by executing user code inside the plex86 VM, while letting bochs execute kernel code and IO functionality inside the emulator.
- ITworld.com - IBM and VMware work on partitioning tools - IBM Corp. and VMware Inc. announced a partnership Tuesday to work on improving partitioning software for high end Intel-based servers.
- JPC - Computer Virtualization in Java - A pure Java emulation of an x86 PC with fully virtual peripherals. Describes the implementation and shows some screenshots as well as an online-version of the emulator.
- Guest PC - - Virtual x86 Computer for Macs, runs instead of Mac OS for better performance.
- HP extends VMWare support - HP announced plans to fully support the Windows, NetWare and Linux operating systems running on top of VMWare's virtual machine software as part of an extension of its partnership with the maker of virtual machine software for Intel systems.
Wikipedia Articles
- Intel APIC Architecture - The Intel APIC Architecture is a system of Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controllers (APICs) designed by Intel for use in Symmetric Multi-Processor (SMP) computer systems. It was originally implemented by the Intel 82093AA and 82489DX, and is found in most x86 SMP motherboards.
- Apple-Intel architecture - The Apple-Intel architecture is a name used for Apple Macintosh personal computers developed and manufactured by Apple Computer that use Intel x86 processors, rather than the PowerPC and 68k processors used in their predecessors.
- X86 architecture - The generic term x86 refers to the "CISC" type instruction set of the most commercially successful CPU architectureUnlike the microarchitecture (and the specific electronical and physical implementation) used for a specific chip design in the history of personal computing, used in processors from Intel, AMD, VIA, and others. It derived from the model numbers of the first few generations of CPUs, backward compatible with Intel's original 16-bit 8086 of 1978, most of which were ending in "86".
- X86-64 - x86-64 is a 64-bit superset of the x86 instruction set architecture. The x86-64 instruction set natively supports Intel's x86 and was designed by Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), who have since renamed it AMD64.
- IA-32 - IA-32, sometimes generically called x86-32, is the instruction set architecture of Intel's most successful microprocessors. This is a 32-bit extension of the original Intel x86 processor architecture.