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Virtualization is designed to enable a generation of more energy-efficient computing.

Processor,memory,and storage resources that traditionally needed to be delivered in fixed amounts determined by real hardware system configurations can now be delivered with finer granularity via virtual machines. At its simplest level,virtualization allows you,virtually and cost-effectively,to have two or more computers,running two or more completely different environments,on one piece of hardware.For example,with virtualization,you can have both a Linux machine and a Windows machine on one system. Alternatively,you could host a Windows?

95 desktop and a Windows? XP desktop on one workstation. AMD is proud to play a pivotal role in this process. ISBN: 978-0-470-13156-5 Part Number: 42139-A Not resaleable Understand how virtualization works and whether it'

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