Intel VT-d

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Intel VT-d is Intel’s hardware-assisted I/O virtualization technology that enables secure and efficient direct device assignment to virtual machines.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Intel technology
hardware-assisted I/O virtualization technology
abbreviationOf Intel VT-d self-linksurface differs
surface form: Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O
aimsAt improving virtualization performance
improving virtualization security
reducing I/O overhead in virtualized environments
category computer hardware technology
virtualization technology
compatibleWith Intel Xeon
surface form: Intel Xeon processors

many Intel Core processors
complements Intel VT-x
controls device access to guest physical memory
developer Intel Corporation
surface form: Intel
enables I/O virtualization
device passthrough
direct device assignment to virtual machines
fullName Intel VT-d self-linksurface differs
surface form: Intel Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O
improves performance of high-throughput I/O workloads in VMs
security of multi-tenant virtualized systems
introducedBy Intel Corporation
maps device-visible addresses to host physical memory
mitigates DMA-based attacks
provides fine-grained control of device access to memory
hardware-assisted device isolation
protection against malicious or faulty DMA
relatedTo Intel VT-x
requires BIOS or UEFI firmware support
chipset support
operating system or hypervisor support
standardizedIn Intel VT-d specification
supportedBy KVM
Hyper-V
surface form: Microsoft Hyper-V

VMware ESXi
Xen
supports DMA remapping
IOMMU functionality
interrupt remapping
isolation of device DMA
protection domains
usedFor PCI and PCIe device passthrough
assigning GPUs directly to virtual machines
assigning network adapters directly to virtual machines
usedIn cloud virtualization environments
data center virtualization
desktop platforms
server platforms
workstation platforms
uses I/O Memory Management Unit

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Intel Xeon supportsFeature Intel VT-d
Airmont supportsVirtualization Intel VT-d
Goldmont supports Intel VT-d
Goldmont Plus supports Intel VT-d
Tremont supports Intel VT-d
Intel VT-x relatedTo Intel VT-d
Intel VT-d fullName Intel VT-d self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Intel Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O
Intel VT-d abbreviationOf Intel VT-d self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O