{"id":4070,"date":"2011-06-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-20T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/amd-virtualization\/"},"modified":"2011-08-18T17:21:32","modified_gmt":"2011-08-18T17:21:32","slug":"amd-virtualization","status":"publish","type":"definition","link":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/4786\/amd-virtualization-amd-v","title":{"rendered":"AMD Virtualization"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span id=\"what_does_amd_virtualization_mean\">What Does AMD Virtualization Mean?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>AMD virtualization (AMD-V) is a virtualization technology developed by Advanced Micro Devices. <\/p>\n<p>AMD-V technology takes some of the tasks that virtual machine managers perform through software emulation and simplifies those tasks through enhancements in the processor\u2019s instruction set.<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"techopedia_explains_amd_virtualization\">Techopedia Explains AMD Virtualization<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>AMD virtualization technology uses hardware to do the job that virtual machine managers do via software by incorporating virtualization extensions in a processor\u2019s instruction set. <\/p>\n<p>Virtualization allows guest programs to run on a simulated system that emulates the hardware itself, which is done with the help of a software manager. 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