hardware-assisted I/O virtualization technology
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concept
Hardware-assisted I/O virtualization technology is a set of processor and chipset features that enable efficient, secure sharing and direct assignment of physical I/O devices to multiple virtual machines by offloading key virtualization tasks from software to hardware.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| I/O coprocessor | 1 |
| I/O virtualization feature | 1 |
Instances (3)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Intel VT-d | — |
| Paula | I/O coprocessor |
| DirectPath I/O | I/O virtualization feature |