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		scarface74 on May 10, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple tries to get Epic to admit there's porn on i... There is no requirement for a VM to use hardware virtualization features. It’s more efficient. But not a requirement.

saagarjha on May 11, 2021 [–]

Usually VMs for real hardware (as opposed to VMs for runtimes, such as “Java VM” or “JavaScript VM”) are defined by the Popek and Goldberg virtualization requirements, which require efficient hardware virtualization.

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