Open source hypervisor exploits hardware virtualization in MIPS CPUs

By Graham Prophet ,EETimes, Jun. 14, 2016 – 

Imagination Technologies and Kernkonzept have said that the latest release of the open source L4Re hypervisor now supports Imagination's OmniShield-ready MIPS CPUs. The small footprint L4Re hypervisor, maintained by Kernkonzept (Dresden, Germany), can take advantage of the hardware virtualization technology in MIPS CPUs for more efficient context switching and better use of CPU cycles, leading to improved application headroom.

Hardware virtualization, Imagination says, is gaining attention beyond its traditional home in the data-centre for the benefits it provides across numerous application areas from IoT to consumer to automotive to industrial and beyond. Connected devices can be designed with numerous distinct domains in which multiple operating systems and applications can run independently at the same time on a single platform.

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