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Parallels taps Intel's Xeon 5500

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Mon Apr 06 2009, 14:09

VIRTUALISATION outfit Parallels says that it has tapped into Intel's Virtualisation Technology (VT-d) which is found in the chipmaker's new Xeon 5500 quad-core processors.

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The move means that Parallels' Nehalem-powered workstations running virtualisation software can use graphics-boosting cards on each virtual machine.

Parallels says that its Workstation Extreme makes it possible to run multiple operating systems on the same system while maintaining workload isolation.

For ages virtualisation software has been rubbish at rendering 3D graphics. µ

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Cool, now cheaper please

That's really neat technology, but it'd be nice if it was affordable on a sane budget. As it is, I bet you're looking at a minimum of 2-2.5 grand (Xeon, Quadro, workstation, VMWare)

posted by : Peter Kay, 07 April 2009 Complain about this comment
Nvida a large unmentionable?

I know this new site is pro ATI, but almost all other new sites have mentioned that Nvidia was some what involved in making drivers available to work with the Parallels implementation that virtualizes the 3d acceleration.. no?

posted by : kode, 07 April 2009 Complain about this comment
Whither thou, Intel?

Why is Intel taking so long to get into the graphics business in a big way? No, I don't mean their prissy integrated graphics, I mean real, hairy-chested, manly graphics!

Where is Larabee?

posted by : Rich Wargo, 06 April 2009 Complain about this comment
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