AMD-V

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AMD-V is AMD’s hardware-assisted virtualization technology that enables efficient and secure running of virtual machines on compatible processors.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
AMD Virtualization 3
AMD-V canonical 3
AMD-V virtualization 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf CPU virtualization extension
hardware-assisted virtualization technology
abbreviationOf AMD-V self-linksurface differs
surface form: AMD Virtualization
aimsTo improve isolation between virtual machines
reduce reliance on software-only virtualization
appliesTo AMD processors
category processor feature
virtualization technology
compatibleWith 64-bit AMD processors that implement virtualization extensions
designedFor x86 architecture
developer Advanced Micro Devices
documentedIn AMD processor manuals
enables efficient virtualization
secure virtualization
featureOf AMD processors
surface form: AMD desktop processors

AMD processors
surface form: AMD mobile processors

AMD EPYC
surface form: AMD server processors
improves virtualization performance
introducedBy AMD in mid-2000s
marketedAs AMD-V self-linksurface differs
surface form: AMD Virtualization
partOf AMD processor feature set
reduces virtualization overhead
relatedTo Intel VT-x
requires BIOS or UEFI enablement
CPU support in hardware
operating system or hypervisor support
securityGoal mitigation of some virtualization-based attacks
stronger separation between guest and host
supports full virtualization
hardware-assisted virtualization
multiple concurrent virtual machines
nested page tables
privileged instruction trapping in hardware
rapid context switching between guest and host
ring de-privileging
virtual machine execution
usedBy KVM
Hyper-V
surface form: Microsoft Hyper-V

VMware
surface form: VMware products

Xen
hypervisors
virtual machine monitors

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

KVM supportsTechnology AMD-V
Intel VT-x relatedTo AMD-V
AMD-V abbreviationOf AMD-V self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: AMD Virtualization
AMD-V marketedAs AMD-V self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: AMD Virtualization
Intel VT-x or AMD-V alsoKnownAs AMD-V
subject surface form: AMD-V
this entity surface form: AMD Virtualization
Phenom supportsTechnology AMD-V
AMD Opteron supports AMD-V
this entity surface form: AMD-V virtualization