Utilizing Intel Virtualization Technology on an Intel 5000 Chipset Series-Based Platform

Overview

System architects in the Server and Workstation Multiprocessing environments have been actively using Virtualization Technology to realize cost savings through hardware consolidation, fast fail-over mechanisms (without extra hardware), and other beneficial use models. Now this technology has increased interest in the embedded and communication markets. This paper focuses on one common use case for virtualization in the embedded space, demonstrating a proof-of-concept for a solution where the processing resources of many computer terminals have been consolidated to a single hardware platform via a VMM providing many virtualized machines.