General question about Intel and AMD virtualiztion support in hardware

[Kam Leo]

On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 2:06 PM, Chris Adams <cmadams at hiwaay.net> wrote:
> Once upon a time, KC8LDO <kc8ldo at arrl.net> said:
>> Who seems to have the edge in hardware virtualization Intel or AMD? I've
>> heard comments both ways with one IT person suggesting that AMD was the way
>> to go.
>
> As far as functionality, I believe they are pretty much equivalent.
>
> If you are buying a desktop and want virtualization, then (the last time
> I looked), almost all (if not all) AMD CPUs have hw-virt extensions,
> while Intel seems to reserve it for the higher-end (read: more
> expensive) CPUs.

Newer steppings of some Intel processors, e.g. E7400 and Q8300, now
have VT enabled. Check http://ark.intel.com/VTList.aspx to verify if
the processor you're interested has VT.

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