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DAILY NEWS AND INFORMATION FOR THE GLOBAL GRID COMMUNITY /
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Breaking News - Platforms:
VMware Delivers Support For 64-Bit Computing
VMware Inc announced that VMware GSX Server and VMware Workstation have
experimental support for 64-bit host operating systems designed for AMD64 and
Intel Extended Memory 64 Technology (Intel EM64T).
Initial 64-bit support is available on an experimental basis in VMware GSX
Server 3.1 and VMware Workstation 4.5.2 which will be released this week, with
support for Windows Server 2003 (Beta) for 64-bit extended systems, Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 3 and SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 64-bit host operating
systems. These product updates make it possible for customers to migrate to
64-bit host operating systems and keep their 32-bit guest operating systems
running in virtual machines.
VMware GSX Server 3.1 is a free update for VMware GSX Server customers with
current support contracts. VMware Workstation 4.5.2 is a free update for
VMware Workstation 4.x customers.
The introduction of support for 64-bit computing marks the first milestone in
VMware's 64-bit roadmap which was announced in April. Future milestones will
include the ability to concurrently run 32-bit and 64-bit virtual machines on
AMD64 and Intel EM64T architectures.
With the introduction of virtualization for AMD64 and Intel EM64T, VMware once
again extends virtualization capabilities for industry-standard platforms.
Previous innovations by VMware include VMware Virtual SMP, the only
industry-standard multi-processor virtual machine; VMware VMotion,
groundbreaking, live virtual machine migration technology; VMware ESX Server,
the only microkernel-based platform for industry-standard servers specifically
optimized for virtualization; and VMware Workstation and VMware GSX Server,
the original breakthrough VMware products.
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