Intel, AMD chips add advanced features

摘要

Recognizing that clock speed is no longer a strong selling point, Intel and AMD are enhancing their x86 processors with embedded features such as virtualization and management tools meant to take the heavy lifting off the software that handles such tasks today On the server side, for example, there has been a lot of talk about virtualization capabilities that will be embedded into processors to enable software such as VMware and Xen to run better. The shift also is happening on the desktop.