Virtual machines : versatile platforms for systems and processes /
Smith, James E. 1950-
Virtual machines : versatile platforms for systems and processes / James E. Smith, Ravi Nair. - Amsterdam ; Boston : Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, 2005. - 1 online resource (xxii, 638 pages) : illustrations - The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Architecture and Design . - Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Architecture and Design. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction to virtual machines -- Emulation : interpretation and binary translation -- Process virtual machines -- Dynamic binary optimization -- High-level language virtual machine architecture -- High-level language virtual machine implementation -- Codesigned virtual machines -- System virtual machines -- Multiprocessor virtualization -- Emerging applications.
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Virtual Machine technology applies the concept of virtualization to an entire machine, circumventing real machine compatibility constraints and hardware resource constraints to enable a higher degree of software portability and flexibility. Virtual machines are rapidly becoming an essential element in computer system design. They provide system security, flexibility, cross-platform compatibility, reliability, and resource efficiency. Designed to solve problems in combining and using major computer system components, virtual machine technologies play a key role in many disciplines, including operating systems, programming languages, and computer architecture. For example, at the process level, virtualizing technologies support dynamic program translation and platform-independent network computing. At the system level, they support multiple operating system environments on the same hardware platform and in servers. Historically, individual virtual machine techniques have been developed within the specific disciplines that employ them (in some cases they arent even referred to as virtual machines), making it difficult to see their common underlying relationships in a cohesive way. In this text, Smith and Nair take a new approach by examining virtual machines as a unified discipline. Pulling together cross-cutting technologies allows virtual machine implementations to be studied and engineered in a well-structured manner. Topics include instruction set emulation, dynamic program translation and optimization, high level virtual machines (including Java and CLI), and system virtual machines for both single-user systems and servers. *Examines virtual machine technologies across the disciplines that use themoperating systems, programming languages and computer architecturedefining a new and unified discipline. *Reviewed by principle researchers at Microsoft, HP, and by other industry research groups. *Written by two authors who combine several decades of expertise in computer system research and development, both in academia and industry.
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9781558609105 1558609105 0080525407 (electronic bk.) 9780080525402 (electronic bk.) 1281227714 9781281227713 9786611227715 6611227717
97278:97278 Elsevier Science & Technology http://www.sciencedirect.com
Virtual computer systems.
Computer architecture.
System design.
Systèmes virtuels (Informatique)
Ordinateurs--Architecture.
Conception de systèmes.
COMPUTERS--Operating Systems--Virtualization.
COMPUTERS--System Administration--General.
COMPUTERS--Utilities.
Computer architecture.
System design.
Virtual computer systems.
Electronic books.
QA76.9.V5 / S54 2005eb
005.4/3
Virtual machines : versatile platforms for systems and processes / James E. Smith, Ravi Nair. - Amsterdam ; Boston : Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, 2005. - 1 online resource (xxii, 638 pages) : illustrations - The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Architecture and Design . - Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Architecture and Design. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction to virtual machines -- Emulation : interpretation and binary translation -- Process virtual machines -- Dynamic binary optimization -- High-level language virtual machine architecture -- High-level language virtual machine implementation -- Codesigned virtual machines -- System virtual machines -- Multiprocessor virtualization -- Emerging applications.
Use copy
Virtual Machine technology applies the concept of virtualization to an entire machine, circumventing real machine compatibility constraints and hardware resource constraints to enable a higher degree of software portability and flexibility. Virtual machines are rapidly becoming an essential element in computer system design. They provide system security, flexibility, cross-platform compatibility, reliability, and resource efficiency. Designed to solve problems in combining and using major computer system components, virtual machine technologies play a key role in many disciplines, including operating systems, programming languages, and computer architecture. For example, at the process level, virtualizing technologies support dynamic program translation and platform-independent network computing. At the system level, they support multiple operating system environments on the same hardware platform and in servers. Historically, individual virtual machine techniques have been developed within the specific disciplines that employ them (in some cases they arent even referred to as virtual machines), making it difficult to see their common underlying relationships in a cohesive way. In this text, Smith and Nair take a new approach by examining virtual machines as a unified discipline. Pulling together cross-cutting technologies allows virtual machine implementations to be studied and engineered in a well-structured manner. Topics include instruction set emulation, dynamic program translation and optimization, high level virtual machines (including Java and CLI), and system virtual machines for both single-user systems and servers. *Examines virtual machine technologies across the disciplines that use themoperating systems, programming languages and computer architecturedefining a new and unified discipline. *Reviewed by principle researchers at Microsoft, HP, and by other industry research groups. *Written by two authors who combine several decades of expertise in computer system research and development, both in academia and industry.
Electronic reproduction.
[Place of publication not identified] :
HathiTrust Digital Library,
2010.
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
English.
9781558609105 1558609105 0080525407 (electronic bk.) 9780080525402 (electronic bk.) 1281227714 9781281227713 9786611227715 6611227717
97278:97278 Elsevier Science & Technology http://www.sciencedirect.com
Virtual computer systems.
Computer architecture.
System design.
Systèmes virtuels (Informatique)
Ordinateurs--Architecture.
Conception de systèmes.
COMPUTERS--Operating Systems--Virtualization.
COMPUTERS--System Administration--General.
COMPUTERS--Utilities.
Computer architecture.
System design.
Virtual computer systems.
Electronic books.
QA76.9.V5 / S54 2005eb
005.4/3