Intel virtualization technology

@article{Uhlig2005IntelVT,
  title={Intel virtualization technology},
  author={Richard Uhlig and Gilbert Portland Neiger and Dion Rodgers and Amy L. Santoni and Fernando C. M. Martins and Andrew V. Anderson and Steven M. Bennett and Alain K{\"a}gi and Felix H. Leung and Larry Smith},
  journal={Computer},
  year={2005},
  volume={38},
  pages={48-56}
}
A virtualized system includes a new layer of software, the virtual machine monitor. The VMM's principal role is to arbitrate accesses to the underlying physical host platform's resources so that multiple operating systems (which are guests of the VMM) can share them. The VMM presents to each guest OS a set of virtual platform interfaces that constitute a virtual machine (VM). Once confined to specialized, proprietary, high-end server and mainframe systems, virtualization is now becoming more… 
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