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Graduate Computer Architecture

UC Berkeley CS252

Summer 2006

 


Paper reading 5:

Read "Virtual Machine Monitors: Current Technology and Future Trends" by Mendel Rosenblum and Tal Garfinkel.

Comment on the following:

  • How old are VMs? Why did it lie fallow so long?
  • Why do authors say this old technology got hot again?
  • What are 3 main implementation issues, and their key challenges, techniques , and future support opportunities?
  • What important role do you think VMs will play in the future Information Technology? Why?