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This section may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards. Kevin Lawton any x86, AMD64 Windows, Windows Mobile, Linux, IRIX, AIX, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, BeOS, Mac OS X DOS, Windows, xBSD, Linux LGPL Containers Sun Microsystems x86, x86-64, SPARC (portable: not tied to hardware) (Same as host) Solaris 10 Solaris (8, 9 or 10), Linux (BrandZ) CDDL Cooperative Linux Dan Aloni helped by other developers (1) x86[1] (Same as parent) Windows 2000, XP, 2003, Vista[1] Linux GPL version 2 Denali University of Washington x86 x86 Denali Ilwaco, NetBSD ? DOSBox Peter Veenstra and Sjoerd with community help any x86 Linux, Windows, Mac OS Classic, Mac OS X, BeOS, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris, QNX, IRIX, MorphOS, AmigaOS Internally emulated DOS shell. Classic PC booter games and unofficially, Windows 1.0 to 3.11 GPL DOSEMU Community Project x86, AMD64 x86 Linux DOS GPL version 2 FreeVPS PSoft x86, AMD64 compatible Linux Various Linux distributions GPL version 2 GXemul Anders Gavare any ARM, MIPS, M88K, PowerPC, SuperH Unix-like NetBSD, OpenBSD, Linux, Ultrix, Sprite BSD Hercules Jay Maynard any z/Architecture Unix-like Linux on zSeries, z/OS, z/VM, z/VSE, OS/360, DOS/360, DOS/VS, MVS, VM/370, TSS/370. QPL Hyper-V Microsoft x64 + hardware-assisted virtualization (Intel VT or AMD-V) x64,x86 Windows 2008 w/Hyper-V Role, Windows Hyper-V Server Supported Drivers for Windows 2000, Windows 2003, Windows 2008, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Linux (SUSE 10 Released, More Announced)) Proprietary (free of charge with Windows Server 2008) Imperas OVP Tools Imperas [1] x86 OR1K, MIPS32, ARC600/ARC700, ARM (can use all OVP OVPsim [2] compliant models, user can write own to public OVP APIs) Microsoft Windows, Linux Depends on target machine, for example includes MIPS Malta that runs Linux or SMP-Linux (can use all OVP OVPsim [3] compliant models, user can write own to public OVP APIs) Tools are under proprietary license, models under Apache 2.0 iCore Virtual Accounts iCore Software x86 x86 Windows XP Windows XP Proprietary Integrity Virtual Machines Hewlett-Packard IA-64 IA-64 HP-UX HP-UX, Windows, Linux (OpenVMS announced) Proprietary FreeBSD Jail FreeBSD Any running FreeBSD Any running FreeBSD FreeBSD FreeBSD, Linux ABI BSD License JPC (Virtual Machine) Oxford University Any running the Java Virtual Machine x86 Java Virtual Machine DOS GPL version 2 KVM Qumranet [4] Intel/AMD processor with X86 virtualization,IA64,s390,PowerPC same as platform Linux Linux, Windows, FreeBSD, Solaris GPL version 2 LinuxOnLinux Gelato@UNSW Itanium compatible Linux Linux GPL Linux- VServer Community Project x86, AMD64, IA-64, Alpha, PowerPC/64, PA-RISC/64, SPARC/64, ARM, S/390, SH/66, MIPS compatible Linux Various Linux distributions GPL version 2 Logical Domains Sun Microsystems UltraSPARC T1, UltraSPARC T2 compatible Solaris 10 Solaris, Linux, and FreeBSD ? LynxSecure LynuxWorks x86, Intel VT-x, Intel VT-d x86 no host OS LynxOS, Linux, and Windows Proprietary Mac-on-Linux Mac On Linux PowerPC PowerPC Linux Mac OS X, Mac OS 7.5.2 to 9.2.2, Linux GPL Mac-on-Mac Sebastian Gregorzyk PowerPC PowerPC Mac OS X, up to Tiger excluded Mac OS X, Mac OS 7.5.2 to 9.2.2, Linux GPL OKL4 Open Kernel Labs x86, ARM, MIPS as host no host OS Linux, eCos, "other RTOSes" BSD OpenVZ Community project, supported by SWsoft Intel x86, AMD64, IA-64, PowerPC64, SPARC/64 Same as host Linux Various Linux distributions GPL Oracle VM Oracle Corporation Intel x86, x86-64, Intel VT-x Intel x86, x86-64, Intel VT-x no host OS Microsoft Windows, Oracle Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux Free, Commercial OVPsim OVP [5] x86 OR1K, MIPS32, ARC600/ARC700, ARM (and public API which enables users to write their own processor models, RISC, CISC, DSP, VLIW all possible) Microsoft Windows, Linux Depends on target machine, for example includes MIPS Malta that runs Linux or SMP-Linux (and includes public API which enables users to write their own peripheral and system models) Apache 2.0 Padded Cell for x86 Green Hills Software x86, Intel VT-x x86 INTEGRITY Real-time OS Windows, Linux, Solaris Proprietary Padded Cell for PowerPC Green Hills Software PowerPC PowerPC INTEGRITY Real-time OS Linux Proprietary Palacios VMM The V3Vee Project AMD-V x86 OS independent (currently GeekOS, Kitten) Linux BSD Parallels Desktop for Mac Parallels, Inc. Intel x86, Intel VT-x Intel x86 Mac OS X (Intel) Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, OS/2, eComStation, MS-DOS, Solaris Proprietary Parallels Workstation Parallels, Inc. x86, Intel VT-x x86 Windows, Linux Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, OS/2, eComStation, MS-DOS, Solaris Proprietary PearPC Sebastian Biallas x86, AMD64, PowerPC PowerPC Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, FreeBSD, NetBSD Mac OS X, Darwin, Linux GPL PowerVM IBM POWER4, POWER5, POWER6, PowerPC 970 POWER4, POWER5, POWER6, PowerPC 970, X86 (PowerVM-Lx86) no host OS Linux-PPC, Linux-X86, AIX, i5/OS, IBM i Proprietary Proxmox Virtual Environment ProxMox x86-64 x86, x86-64 Debian Etch w/ProxMox Role Same as KVM; Same as OpenVZ GPL v2 QEMU Fabrice Bellard helped by other developers x86, AMD64, IA-64, PowerPC, Alpha, SPARC 32 and 64, ARM, S/390, M68k x86, AMD64, ARM, SPARC 32 and 64, PowerPC, MIPS Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, BeOS Changes regularly [6] GPL/LGPL QEMU w/ kqemu module Fabrice Bellard Intel x86, AMD64 Same as host Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris, Windows Changes regularly [7] GPL/LGPL QEMU w/ qvm86 module Paul Brook x86 x86 Linux, NetBSD, Windows Changes regularly GPL QuickTransit Transitive Corp. AMD64, x86, IA-64, POWER MIPS, PowerPC, SPARC, x86 Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris Linux, Mac OS X, Irix, Solaris Proprietary RTS Hypervisor Real-Time Systems Intel and AMD x86 x86 no host OS Windows XP, XP-Embedded, Linux, VxWorks, Windows CE, ETS, OS-9 and proprietary OS Proprietary SimNow AMD AMD64 AMD64 Linux (64bit), Windows (64bit) Linux, Windows (32bit and 64bit) AMD proprietary SIMH Bob Supnik / The Computer History Simulation Project Alpha, ARM, HPPA, x86, ia64, x86-64, M68K, MIPS, MIPSel, POWER, s390, SPARC Data General Nova, Eclipse; Digital Equipment Corporation PDP-1, PDP-4, PDP-7, PDP-8, PDP-9, PDP-10, PDP-11, PDP-15, VAX; GRI Corporation GRI-909, IBM 1401, 1620, 1130, 7090/7094, System 3; Interdata (Perkin-Elmer) 16b and 32b systems; Hewlett-Packard 2114, 2115, 2116, 2100, 21MX; Honeywell H316/H516; MITS Altair 8800, with both 8080 and Z80; Royal-Mcbee LGP-30, LGP-21; Scientific Data Systems SDS 940 Windows, BSD, Linux, Solaris, VMS Depends on target machine, Includes NetBSD/VAX, OpenBSD/VAX, VAX/VMS, UNIX v6, UNIX v7, TOPS-10, TOPS-20, ITS Unique, BSD-like license Simics Virtutech x86, x86-64, SPARC v9 Alpha, ARM, IA-64, MIPS32, MIPS64, MSP430, PPC32, PPC64, POWER, SPARC v8, SPARC v9, x86, x86-64, TI TMS320C64xx. Windows, Linux, Solaris Depends on target machine, VxWorks, OSE, QNX, Linux, Solaris, Windows, FreeBSD, RTEMS, TinyOS, and many others have been run. Proprietary Sun xVM Server Sun Microsystems x86-64, SPARC (Same as host) no host OS Windows XP & 2003 Server (x86-64 only), Linux, Solaris GPL version 3 SVISTA 2004 Serenity Systems International x86 x86 Windows, OS/2, Linux Windows, Linux, OS/2, BSD Proprietary TRANGO TRANGO Virtual Processors, Grenoble, France ARM, XScale, MIPS, PowerPC Paravirtualized ARM, MIPS, PowerPC no host OS, Linux or Windows as dev. hosts Linux, eCos, µC/OS-II, WindowsCE, Nucleus, VxWorks Proprietary User Mode Linux Jeff Dike helped by other developers x86, x86-64, PowerPC (Same as parent) Linux Linux GPL version 2 View-OS Renzo Davoli helped by other developers [8] x86, PowerPC, AMD64 (in progress) (Same as parent) Linux 2.6+ Linux executables GPL version 2 VDSmanager ISPsystem LLC x86 (Same as host) FreeBSD FreeBSD Proprietary Sun xVM VirtualBox Sun Microsystems x86, x86-64 x86, (x86-64 only on VirtualBox 2 with hardware virtualization) Windows, Linux, Mac OS X (Intel), Solaris, eComStation DOS, Windows, Linux, OS/2, FreeBSD, Solaris GPL version 2; full version with extra enterprise features is proprietary (free of charge for personal and educational use and evaluation) Virtual Iron Virtual Iron 3.1 Virtual Iron Software, Inc. x86 VT-x, AMD64 AMD-V x86, AMD64 no host OS Windows, Linux Complete product carries a proprietary license [9]; a few components are GPL version 2 [10] Virtual PC 2007 Microsoft x86, x86-64 x86 Windows Vista (Business, Enterprise, Ultimate), XP Pro, XP Tablet PC Edition DOS, Windows, OS/2, Linux(Suse, Xubuntu), OpenSolaris(Belenix) Proprietary (free of charge from Jul 2006) Windows Virtual PC Microsoft x86, x86-64 with Intel VT or AMD-V x86, x86-64 Windows 7 Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista, Windows 7 Proprietary (free of charge for Windows 7) Virtual PC 7 for Mac Microsoft PowerPC x86 Mac OS X Windows, OS/2, Linux Proprietary VirtualLogix VLX VirtualLogix ARM, TI DSP C6000, Intel x86, Intel VT-x and Intel VT-d, PowerPC Same as parent no host OS Linux, Windows XP, C5, VxWorks, Nucleus, DSP/BIOS and proprietary OS Proprietary Virtual Server 2005 R2 Microsoft Intel x86, AMD64 Intel x86 Windows 2003, XP Windows NT, 2000, 2003, Linux (Red Hat and SUSE) Proprietary (Free) CoWare Virtual Platform CoWare x86, x86-64, SPARC v9 Devices including (multi) cores from ARM, MIPS, PPC, Toshiba MeP, Renesas SH, TI, Tensilica, ZSP Windows, Linux, Solaris Depend on the Guest CPU; includes: Linux (various flavors), mITRON (various flavors), WinCE, Symbian, ... Proprietary Virtuozzo SWsoft, now Parallels, Inc. x86, IA-64, AMD64 x86, IA-64, AMD64 Linux, Windows Linux, Windows Proprietary VMware ESX Server VMware x86, x86-64 x86, x86-64 no host OS Windows, Linux, MacOS, Solaris, FreeBSD, Virtual appliances, Netware, OS/2, SCO, BeOS, Darwin, others: runs Arbitrary OS[2] Proprietary VMware ESXi VMware x86, x86-64 x86, x86-64 no host OS Same as VMware ESX Server Proprietary (Free) VMware Fusion VMware x86, x86-64 x86, x86-64 Mac OS X (Intel) Same as VMware ESX Server Proprietary VMware Server VMware x86, x86-64 x86, x86-64 Windows, Linux Same as VMware ESX Server Proprietary (Free) VMware Workstation 6.0 VMware x86, x86-64 x86, x86-64 Windows, Linux Same as VMware ESX Server Proprietary VMware Player 2.0 VMware x86, x86-64 x86, x86-64 Windows, Linux Same as VMware ESX Server Proprietary (Free) Wind River hypervisor Wind River x86, PPC (Same as host) no host OS Linux, VxWorks, bare metal virtual board Proprietary Wind River VxWorks MILS Platform Wind River PPC (Same as host) no host OS VxWorks, bare metal virtual board Proprietary Xen Citrix Systems x86, x86-64 and IA-64 (Same as host) NetBSD, Linux, Solaris FreeBSD, NetBSD, Linux, Solaris, Windows XP & 2003 Server (needs vers. 3.0 and an Intel VT (Vanderpool) or AMD-V (Pacifica)-capable CPU), Plan 9 GPL z/VM IBM z/Architecture z/Architecture (z/VM does not run on predecessor mainframes) no host OS, itself (single or multiple levels/versions deep, e.g. VM/ESA running inside z/VM 4.4 inside z/VM 5.2 inside z/VM 5.1.) Linux on zSeries, z/OS, z/VSE, z/TPF, z/VM, VM/CMS, MUSIC/SP, OpenSolaris for System z, and predecessors Proprietary, one-time charge plus maintenance/support z LPARs IBM z/Architecture z/Architecture Intrinsic feature of System z mainframes Linux on zSeries, z/OS, z/VSE, z/TPF, z/VM, VM/CMS, MUSIC/SP, and predecessors Intrinsic feature of System z mainframes Name Creator Host CPU Guest CPU Host OS(s) Guest OS(s) License