Softwares / Platform Virtualization Software
They are specifically emulators and hypervisors, are software packages that emulate the complete physical computer machine, often providing multiple virtual machines on one physical platform
Platform Virtualization Softwares List
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S.No
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Name
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Creator
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Host OS
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Guest OS
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1
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bhyve
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FreeBSD
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FreeBSD, Illumos
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FreeBSD, FreeNAS, pfSense, OpenBSD, Linux, Windows, Illumos[1]
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2
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Bochs
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Kevin J. Lawton
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Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, Unix/X11, Mac OS 9, macOS, BeOS, MorphOS, OS/2
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Windows, Linux, DOS, BSD, OS/2, Haiku
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3
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Containers, or Zones
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Sun Microsystems
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Solaris 10, Solaris 11, OpenSolaris 2009.06, illumos distributions
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Solaris (8, 9, 10, 11), illumos, Linux (BrandZ)
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4
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Cooperative Linux
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Dan Aloni, other developers
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Windows 2000, XP, 2003, Vista
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Linux
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5
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CHARON
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Stromasys
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Windows, Linux
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VMS, OpenVMS, Tru64 UNIX, MPE/iX, RSX-11, RT11, RSTS, Solaris, SunOS
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6
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Denali
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University of Washington
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Denali
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Ilwaco, NetBSD
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7
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DOSBox
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Peter Veenstra, Sjoerd with community
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Linux, Windows, classic Mac OS, macOS, BeOS, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD,
Solaris, QNX, IRIX, MorphOS, AmigaOS, Maemo, Symbian
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Internally emulated DOS shell; classic PC booter games, unofficially
Windows 1.0 to 98
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8
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DOSEMU
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Community project
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Linux
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DOS
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9
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FreeBSD Jail
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Poul-Henning Kamp / FreeBSD
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FreeBSD, DragonFly BSD
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same as host (shared *BSD kernel), plus Linux ABI through compat layer
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10
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GNOME Boxes
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GNOME
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Unix-like
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Unix-like
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11
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GXemul
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Anders Gavare
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Unix-like
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NetBSD, OpenBSD, Linux, Ultrix, Sprite
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12
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Hercules
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Roger Bowler
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Windows, FreeBSD, NetBSD, Linux, macOS
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Linux on IBM
Z, z/OS, z/VM, z/VSE, OS/360, DOS/360, DOS/VS, MVS, VM/370, TSS/370
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13
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Hyper-V (2008)
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Microsoft
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Windows Server 2008 (R2) w/Hyper-V role, Microsoft Hyper-V Server
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Supported drivers for Windows 2000, Windows 2003, Windows 2008, Windows
XP, Windows Vista, FreeBSD, Linux (SUSE 10 released, more announced)
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14
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Hyper-V (2012)
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Microsoft
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Windows 8, 8.1, 10, and Windows Server 2012 (R2) w/Hyper-V role, Microsoft
Hyper-V Server
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Supported drivers for Windows NT, FreeBSD, Linux
(SUSE 10, RHEL 6, CentOS 6)
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15
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iCore Virtual Accounts
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iCore Software
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Windows XP
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Windows XP
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16
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INTEGRITY
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Green Hills Software
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Linux, Windows
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INTEGRITY native, Linux, Android, AUTOSAR, Windows (on some platforms)
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17
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Integrity Virtual Machines
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Hewlett-Packard
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HP-UX
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HP-UX, Windows, Linux (OpenVMS announced)
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18
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JPC (Virtual Machine)
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Oxford University
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Java Virtual Machine
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DOS, Linux, Windows up to 3.0
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19
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KVM
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Qumranet, now Red Hat
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Linux, FreeBSD, illumos
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FreeBSD, Linux, Solaris, Windows, Plan 9
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20
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Linux-VServer
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Community project
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Linux
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Linux variants
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21
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LynxSecure
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LynuxWorks
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No host OS
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LynxOS, Linux, Windows
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22
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LXC
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Community project, Canonical Ltd.
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Linux
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Linux variants
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23
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OKL4 Microvisor
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Open Kernel Labs, acquired by General Dynamics Corporation
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No Host OS
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Various OSes and RTOSes including Linux, Android, QNX
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24
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OpenVZ
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Community project, supported by SWsoft, now Parallels, Inc.
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Linux
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same as host (shared Linux kernel), choice of userland distribution
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25
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Oracle VM Server for x86
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Oracle Corporation
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No host OS
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Microsoft Windows, Oracle Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Solaris
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26
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OVPsim
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OVP
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Microsoft Windows, Linux
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Depends on target machine, for example includes MIPS Malta that runs Linux
or SMP-Linux; and includes public API which enables users to write custom
peripheral and system models
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27
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Parallels Desktop for Mac
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Parallels, Inc.
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macOS
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DOS, Windows, Linux, macOS, FreeBSD, OS/2, eComStation, Solaris, Haiku
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28
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Parallels Workstation (discontinued 2013)
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Parallels, Inc.
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Windows, Linux
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Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, OS/2, eComStation, DOS, Solaris, Haiku
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29
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PearPC
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Sebastian Biallas
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Windows, Linux, OS X, FreeBSD, NetBSD
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Mac OS X, Darwin, Linux
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30
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PikeOS
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SYSGO AG
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No host OS, Linux or Windows as dev. hosts
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PikeOS native, Linux, POSIX, AUTOSAR, Android, RTEMS, OSEK, ARINC
653 APEX, ITRON
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31
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Proxmox VE
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Proxmox
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Debian Based
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Windows, Linux, Linux variants, Solaris, FreeBSD, OSx86 (as
FreeBSD), virtual appliances, Netware, OS/2, SCO, BeOS, Haiku, Darwin
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32
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Oracle VM Server for SPARC (LDoms)
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Oracle Corporation
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Solaris 10, Solaris 11
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Oracle support: Solaris; unsupported: Linux, FreeBSD
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33
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PowerVM
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IBM
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PowerVM Firmware
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Linux PowerPC, x86; AIX, IBM i
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34
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QEMU
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Fabrice Bellard, other developers
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Windows, Linux, macOS, Solaris, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, BeOS
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Changes regularly[6]
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35
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QEMU w/ kqemu module
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Fabrice Bellard
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Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris, Windows
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Changes regularly[6]
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36
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QEMU w/ qvm86 module
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Paul Brook
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Linux, NetBSD, Windows
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Changes regularly
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37
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QuickTransit
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Transitive Corp.
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Linux, OS X, Solaris
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Linux, OS X, Irix, Solaris
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38
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RTS Hypervisor
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Real-Time Systems GmbH
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No host OS
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Windows, Linux, Windows Embedded, QNX, RTOS-32, VxWorks, OS-9, T-Kernel
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39
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ScaleMP vSMP Foundation
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ScaleMP
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No host OS
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Linux
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40
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SIMH
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Bob Supnik, The Computer History Simulation Project
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BSD, Linux, Solaris, VMS, Windows
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Depends on target machine, includes NetBSD/VAX, OpenBSD/VAX, VAX/VMS, Unix
v6, Unix v7, TOPS-10, TOPS-20, ITS
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41
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Simics
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Wind River
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Windows 32-bit and 64-bit, Linux 32-bit and 64-bit
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Depends on target machine, typically runs unmodified software stacks from
the corresponding real target, including VxWorks, VxWorks 653, OSE, QNX, Linux,
Solaris, Windows, FreeBSD, RTEMS, TinyOS, Wind River Hypervisor, VMware ESX, and
others
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42
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Sun xVM Server
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Sun Microsystems
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No host OS
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Windows XP, 2003 Server (x86-64 only), Linux, Solaris
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43
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SVISTA 2004
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Serenity Systems International
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Windows, OS/2, Linux
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Windows, Linux, OS/2, BSD
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44
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TRANGO
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TRANGO Virtual Processors, Grenoble, France
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No host OS, Linux or Windows as dev. hosts
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Linux, eCos, µC/OS-II, WindowsCE, Nucleus, VxWorks
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45
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User Mode Linux
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Jeff Dike, other developers
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Linux
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Linux
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46
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VirtualBox
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Innotek, acquired by Oracle Corporation
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Windows, Linux, macOS, Solaris, FreeBSD, eComStation
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DOS, Linux, macOS,[7] FreeBSD, Haiku,
OS/2, Solaris, Syllable, Windows, and OpenBSD (with Intel VT-x or AMD-V, due to
otherwise tolerated incompatibilities in the emulated memory management).[8]
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47
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Virtual Iron 3.1
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Virtual Iron Software, Inc., acquired by Oracle
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No host OS
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Windows, Linux
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48
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Virtual PC 2007 (discontinued)
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Connectix and Microsoft
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Windows Vista (Business, Enterprise, Ultimate), XP Pro, XP Tablet PC
Edition
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DOS, Windows, OS/2, Linux (SUSE, Xubuntu), OpenSolaris (Belenix)
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49
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Windows Virtual PC (discontinued)
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Connectix and Microsoft
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Windows 7
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Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server
2008
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50
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Virtual PC 7 for Mac
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Connectix and Microsoft
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Mac OS X
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Windows, OS/2, Linux
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51
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VirtualLogix VLX
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VirtualLogix
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No host OS
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Linux, Windows XP, C5, VxWorks, Nucleus, DSP/BIOS, proprietary
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52
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Virtual Server 2005 R2
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Connectix and Microsoft
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Windows Server 2003, 2008, XP (Requires IIS)
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Windows NT, 2000, 2003, 2008, Linux (Red Hat, SUSE, Ubuntu)
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53
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Synopsys (CoWare) Virtual Platform
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CoWare
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Windows, Linux, Solaris
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Depends on guest CPU; includes: Linux (various flavors), µITRON (various
flavors), Windows CE, Symbian, more
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54
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Virtuozzo
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SWsoft, now Virtuozzo Inc
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Linux
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save as host (shared Linux kernel)
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55
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vkernel
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Matthew Dillon / DragonFly BSD
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DragonFly BSD
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any compatible vkernel binary of DragonFly
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56
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VMM
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OpenBSD
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OpenBSD
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OpenBSD and Linux guests
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57
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VMware ESX Server
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VMware
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No host OS
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Windows, Linux, Solaris, FreeBSD, OSx86 (as FreeBSD), virtual appliances,
Netware, OS/2, SCO, BeOS, Haiku, Darwin, others: runs arbitrary OS[a]
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58
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VMware ESXi
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VMware
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No host OS
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Same as VMware ESX Server
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59
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VMware Fusion
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VMware
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macOS
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Same as VMware ESX Server
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60
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VMware Server
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VMware
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Windows, Linux
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Same as VMware ESX Server
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61
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VMware Workstation
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VMware
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Windows, Linux
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Same as VMware ESX Server
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62
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VMware Player, later VMware Workstation Player
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VMware
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Windows, Linux
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Same as VMware ESX Server
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63
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Wind River Hypervisor
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Wind River
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No host OS
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Linux, VxWorks, unmodified guests (including MS Windows and RTOSes such
ach OSE, QNX and others), bare metal virtual board
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64
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Xen
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Xensource, Now Citrix Systems
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GNU/Linux, Unix-like
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GNU/Linux, FreeBSD, MiniOS, NetBSD, Solaris, Windows 7/XP/Vista/Server
2008 (requires Intel VT-x (Vanderpool) or AMD-V (Pacifica)-capable CPU), Plan 9
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65
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XCP-ng
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By Vates SAS
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No host OS
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GNU/Linux, FreeBSD, MiniOS, NetBSD, Solaris, Windows, Windows Server 2008
(with Intel VT-x or AMD-V), Plan 9
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66
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XenServer
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By Citrix Systems
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No host OS
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GNU/Linux, FreeBSD, MiniOS, NetBSD, Solaris, Windows 7/XP/Vista/Server
2008 (with Intel VT-x or AMD-V), Plan 9
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67
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XtratuM
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Universidad Politecnica de Valencia
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No host OS
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GPOS: Linux, RTOS: PartiKle, RTEMS
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68
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z/VM
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IBM
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No host OS, itself (single or multiple levels/versions deep; e.g., VM/ESA
running in z/VM 4.4 in z/VM 5.2 in z/VM 5.1.)
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Linux on IBM Z, z/OS, z/VSE, z/TPF, z/VM, VM/CMS, MUSIC/SP, OpenSolaris
for System z, predecessors
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69
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z LPARs
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IBM
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Integrated in firmware of System z mainframes
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Linux on IBM Z, z/OS, z/VSE, z/TPF, z/VM, MUSIC/SP, and predecessors
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