The Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) is a commonly used virtualization infrastructure of the Linux kernel.

KVM Articles & Reviews

Linux KVM Continues Offering Much Better Performance Than VirtualBox   Software   2018-12-30
The Performance Hit For A Xeon-Backed Ubuntu Linux VM With L1TF / Foreshadow Patches   Software   2018-08-20
KVM Smokes VirtualBox On Initial AMD EPYC Linux Tests   Software   2017-12-30
7-Way Linux OS Comparison With KVM   Operating Systems   2017-12-21
Ubuntu 15.10: KVM vs. Xen vs. VirtualBox Virtualization Performance   Software   2015-10-22
KVM Benchmarks On Ubuntu 14.10   Software   2014-07-22
VirtualBox Is Still Running Slower Than QEMU-KVM   Operating Systems   2014-01-09
Intel Haswell Linux Virtualization: KVM vs. Xen vs. VirtualBox   Operating Systems   2013-07-07
Ubuntu 12.10 KVM Virtualization Comparison   Operating Systems   2012-10-22
Ubuntu 12.10: Linux KVM vs. Xen Virtualization Preview   Software   2012-07-16
Intel Ivy Bridge Linux Virtualization Performance   Software   2012-05-31
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS KVM Virtualization Battles 8.04.4, 10.04.4 LTS   Operating Systems   2012-04-09
Ubuntu 12.04 KVM/Xen Virtualization: Intel vs. AMD   Processors   2012-03-28
Linux KVM vs. HandelSpielVM Virtualization   Software   2011-12-12
VirtualBox 4.1 OpenGL 3D Guest Performance   Display Drivers   2011-11-08
Ubuntu 11.10: Xen vs. KVM vs. VirtualBox   Software   2011-10-31
KVM x86/x86_64: Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Through Ubuntu 11.10   Operating Systems   2011-10-28
Test Driving The QEMU-KVM KMS Driver   Display Drivers   2011-04-19
Amazon EC2 Cloud Benchmarks   Processors   2010-12-21
Multi-Core Scaling In A KVM Virtualized Environment   Processors   2010-12-15
Linux KVM vs. VirtualBox 4.0 Virtualization Benchmarks   Software   2010-12-13
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Through 10.10 Virtualization Benchmarks   Operating Systems   2010-10-25
The Performance Of Ubuntu KVM Virtualization   Software   2010-05-12
KVM Virtualization Performance With Linux 2.6.31   Software   2009-09-21
Intel Core i7 Virtualization On Linux   Processors   2009-04-22
Aten CS1782 KVM DVI Switch   Peripherals   2008-07-18
Ubuntu 8.04 KVM Benchmarks   Operating Systems   2008-05-15
Intel Linux Firmware Developer Kit   Motherboards   2008-03-05
Virtualization Made Easy In Ubuntu 8.04   Operating Systems   2008-01-30
Linux 2.6.23-rc2 Kernel Performance   Processors   2007-08-06
Fedora 7 Prime "Moonshine"   Operating Systems   2007-05-31
Fedora 7 KVM Virtualization How-To   Operating Systems   2007-03-03
Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn Herd 2   Operating Systems   2007-01-14
Linux Virtualization Performance   Processors   2007-01-08
ATake EasyView 2-Port KVM Switch   Peripherals   2005-02-12

KVM Linux & Open-Source News

QEMU 9.0 Released WIth True Multi-Queue Support For VirtIO Block Driver   Virtualization   2024-04-23
AMD SEV-SNP Hypervisor Support Nears The Mainline Linux Kernel   AMD   2024-04-22
Linux 6.9-rc5 Released: The Diffstat "Looks A Bit Wonky" But Not Bad   Linux Kernel   2024-04-21
Intel Continued Upstreaming A Lot Of Great Linux/Open-Source Code This Quarter   Intel   2024-03-31
KVM Virtualization With Linux 6.9 Brings More Optimizations For Intel & AMD   Virtualization   2024-03-24
AMD With Upstream Linux Nears "The Ultimate Goal Of Confidential Computing"   AMD   2024-03-19
Bcachefs Sees Improved Journal Pipelining & More Efficient Discard With Linux 6.9   Linux Storage   2024-03-15
Linux 6.9 VFIO Updates Bring A New Driver For NVIDIA's Grace-Hopper Superchip   Linux Kernel   2024-03-14
Linus Torvalds Isn't Happy With Some Of The Bcachefs Code For Linux 6.9   Linux Storage   2024-03-13
New Intel CPU Microcode & "RFDS" Linux Kernel Patch For New Security Vulnerabilities   Intel   2024-03-12
VirtualBox KVM Backend Adds Support For SR-IOV Graphics   Virtualization   2024-03-08
PVM Virtualization Framework Proposed For Linux - Built Atop The KVM Hypervisor   Virtualization   2024-02-26
Linux 6.8-rc5 Released With Documented Process For CVE Security Vulnerabilities   Linux Kernel   2024-02-18
Cyberus Develops Open-Source KVM Backend For VirtualBox   Virtualization   2024-02-08
KVM With Linux 6.8 Adds Intel LAM For Guests, More Confidential VMs Work   Virtualization   2024-01-13
Linux 6.8 Upstreams More Intel TDX Bits For Protecting KVM Guests   Intel   2024-01-12
Linux 6.8 To Introduce New Intel Xe & PowerVR Graphics Drivers, Prepare For New AMD & Intel CPUs   Linux Kernel   2024-01-07
Intel LAM Coming To KVM Virtualization With Linux 6.8   Intel   2024-01-05
Wine Developers Working To Get 1997 Era "Nuclear Strike" Game Working On Linux In 2024   WINE   2024-01-03
AMD Ends Out 2023 Still Working To Get The Rest Of SEV-SNP Upstream In Linux   AMD   2023-12-31
LoongArch KVM Support Extended To Allow LSX/LASX SIMD Support   Virtualization   2023-12-24
Arcan Display Framework Receives Funding As Innovative Wayland Alternative   Desktop   2023-12-19
Linux 6.8 To Add Atomic Mode-Setting Mouse Hotspots, Atomic Async Page Flip   Linux Kernel   2023-12-03
"GMEM" Proposed To Deal With Memory Management For Accelerators, External Memory Devices   Hardware   2023-11-29
Xen 4.18 Hypervisor Released With Support For New AMD EPYC & Intel Xeon CPU Features   Virtualization   2023-11-22
KVM Virtualization With Linux 6.7 Adds LoongArch, Up To 4096 x86 vCPUs   Virtualization   2023-11-03
Linux 6.7 Adds A Cross-Vendor Solution For Confidential Computing Attestation Reports   Virtualization   2023-11-03
Intel Optimizing Its MDS Mitigation Handling To Avoid Possible Kernel Data Leaking   Intel   2023-10-21
AMD Takes SEV-SNP Hypervisor To v10, Intel TDX Host Support Up To 14 Revisions   Virtualization   2023-10-17
Linux Will Finally Indicate Via /proc/cpuinfo If AMD SVM Virtualization Is Disabled   AMD   2023-10-02
Loongson Preparing LoongArch KVM Virtualization For Linux 6.7   Virtualization   2023-10-02
Linux 6.6 KVM Brings Intel & AMD Fixes, SEV-ES DebugSwap, New RISC-V Extensions   Virtualization   2023-09-08
Microsoft Adds AMD SEV-SNP & Intel TDX Guest Support To Hyper-V With Linux 6.6   Virtualization   2023-09-04
AMD Publishes SEV Firmware As Open-Source   AMD   2023-08-30
More Linux Fixes/Cleanups Coming For AMD Inception/SRSO Mitigation Code   AMD   2023-08-23
QEMU 8.1 Released With New PipeWire Audio Backend, Many CPU Improvements   Virtualization   2023-08-22
AV1 Video Decoding Added To Mesa's VirGL For QEMU/KVM Guests   Mesa   2023-08-10
Linux 6.5-rc4 Exposes An Interesting Numerical Coincidence   Linux Kernel   2023-07-30
AMD Expands Mesa Virgl Video Acceleration For Using On Xen   Mesa   2023-07-19
Arm Guarded Control Stack "GCS" Patches Debut For The Linux Kernel   Arm   2023-07-18
AMD Improving Xen VirtIO GPU Support For In-Vehicle Infotainment, Using RADV   AMD   2023-07-05
Linux 6.5 KVM Brings Guest Snapshots For RISC-V, AMD PerfMonV2 For VMs   Virtualization   2023-07-03
Linux 6.5 Should Spend Less Time Waiting On PCIe Devices   Hardware   2023-06-30
AMD Hardware-Accelerated Virtualized IOMMU Patches Posted For Linux   AMD   2023-06-22
AMD Continues Work On Enhancing GPU Support With Xen Virtualization   Radeon   2023-06-12
Google's Patches To Speed-Up Over-Committed Linux Guest VMs Are Looking Great   Virtualization   2023-06-09
Intel Posts Latest 113 Patches For Linux KVM TDX Support   Intel   2023-05-29
Mesa 23.2 Virgl Lands Support For OpenGL 4.6 Inside Virtual Machines   Virtualization   2023-05-27
Linux Patches Improve VM Guest Performance When The Host Encounters Memory Pressure   Virtualization   2023-05-27
Microsoft Aims For Greater Script Execution Control On Linux   Linux Security   2023-05-13
PipeWire Audio Backend Comes To QEMU   Virtualization   2023-05-09
AMD Virtual NMI Support For KVM Virtualization Merged Into Linux 6.4   AMD   2023-05-05
AMD IOMMU With Linux 6.4 Supports 5-Level Guest Page Tables   AMD   2023-04-30
Intel Posts Linux Patches Enabling LASS KVM Support   Intel   2023-04-20
QEMU 8.0 Released With 32-bit x86 Host Support Deprecated   Virtualization   2023-04-19
Early KDE Plasma 6 Development State: "It's Still Rough, But It's Usable"   KDE   2023-04-08
Cloud Hypervisor 31 Released With More Improvements From Intel & Microsoft   Virtualization   2023-04-08
Linux 6.3-rc5 Released - Looking To Be In Good Shape   Linux Kernel   2023-04-02
Google Posts KVM-CPUFreq Driver To Dramatically Boost VM Performance, Power Efficiency   Virtualization   2023-03-31
Apache CloudStack 4.18 LTS Released For Launching Your Own Open-Source Cloud   Free Software   2023-03-20
Linux 6.3-rc3 Released: It's "Fairly Big"   Linux Kernel   2023-03-19
AMD Working On VirtIO GPU & Passthrough GPU Support For Xen Virtualization   Radeon   2023-03-13
VirtIO Native Context Being Worked On For AMD Drivers To Enhance VM Performance   Radeon   2023-03-11
Many KVM Updates Land In Linux 6.3   Virtualization   2023-03-02
Linux Patches Improve KVM Guest Performance For Hosts Under Memory Pressure   Virtualization   2023-02-17
LoongArch Linux Patches Enable KVM Virtualization   Virtualization   2023-02-15
Intel Posts Updated CPU Microcode For Two More SGX Vulnerabilities, Privilege Escalation Bug   Intel   2023-02-15
Linux KVM Gets Patched For New AMD Cross-Thread Return Address Predictions Bug   AMD   2023-02-14
Intel Developing Rust-Based TD-Shim Firmware For Confidential Containers   Intel   2023-02-07
Arm Publishes Initial Confidential Compute Architecture "CCA" Code For Linux VMs   Arm   2023-02-02
AMD Zen 4's Automatic IBRS Feature Queued Ahead Of Linux 6.3   AMD   2023-01-18
Cloud Hypervisor 29 Released With Better Live Migration, Combined MSHV+KVM Binaries   Virtualization   2023-01-15
AMD Updates Linux Patches For Automatic IBRS On Zen 4   AMD   2023-01-12
Intel Discontinues Development Of Open-Source HAXM Software   Intel   2023-01-07
Linux 6.2-rc2 Released Following The Holiday Slowdown   Linux Kernel   2023-01-01
Linux 6.2 Landing Scalability Improvement For Large IBM Power Systems   Linux Kernel   2022-12-19
AMD Overhauls Their SEV-SNP Hypervisor Patches They Are Working To Upstream In Linux   AMD   2022-12-16
KVM Preps For New Intel CPU Instructions With Linux 6.2   Virtualization   2022-12-16
Intel SGX Async Exit Notification "AEX Notify" Lands In Linux 6.2   Intel   2022-12-14
IOMMUFD Submitted For Linux 6.2 To Overhaul IOMMU Handling   Virtualization   2022-12-12
Intel Preparing Virtual IA32_SPEC_CTRL Support For The Linux Kernel   Linux Security   2022-12-11
Patches Revised For AMD PerfMonV2 PMU Guest Support   AMD   2022-11-16
Intel AEX Notify Support Prepped For Linux To Help Enhance SGX Enclave Security   Intel   2022-11-06
AMD Posts Linux Patches For "Automatic IBRS" Feature New To Zen 4   AMD   2022-11-04
108 Patches Sent Out In Latest Revision Of Intel TDX KVM Support For Linux   Intel   2022-10-30
LLVM Clang Begins Picking Up AMX-FP16 Support For Granite Rapids   Intel   2022-10-22
Linux 6.1 POWERs Up With KFENCE, Syscall Wrappers, Execute-Only Memory   Linux Kernel   2022-10-16
Linux 6.1 Xen Supports Grant-Based VirtIO For x86_64   Virtualization   2022-10-16
AMD IOMMU v2 Page Tables Getting Wired Up For Linux 6.1   AMD   2022-10-11
openSUSE ALP Prototype "Les Droites" Releasing This Week   SUSE   2022-09-26
Google Engineers Argue For Linux "ASI" To Better Deal With Speculative Execution Attacks   Linux Security   2022-09-17
Fedora Linux 37 Beta To Be Released On-Time Next Week   Fedora   2022-09-10
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.3 Beta Released For Lightweight, Immutable OS   SUSE   2022-09-09
QEMU 7.1 Released With LoongArch Support, Zero-Copy-Send Migration   Virtualization   2022-08-31
AMD Posts Latest VNMI Patches For The Linux Kernel   AMD   2022-08-29
Cloud Hypervisor 26.0 Released With SMBIOS Improvements, Unified Binary For MSHV/KVM   Virtualization   2022-08-21
Linux 6.0-rc1 Released With Exciting Performance Optimizations, New Hardware Support   Linux Kernel   2022-08-14
Linux 6.0 KVM Brings Intel IPI Virtualization, AMD x2AVIC   Virtualization   2022-08-04
QEMU 7.1 Being Prepared With LoongArch Support, More RISC-V Features   Virtualization   2022-07-27
Linux 5.20 To Help Ensure Intel CPUs With AMX Can Hit Their Lowest Power Idle States   Intel   2022-07-27
Cloud Hypervisor 25.0 Released For Intel-Backed, Rust-Written Linux/Windows VMM   Virtualization   2022-07-09
Fedora 37 Gets A Batch Of New Features Approved   Fedora   2022-06-28
Fedora 37 Looks To Boost Its Cloud Posture As An Official Edition   Fedora   2022-06-14
Fedora Server 37 Looking At Providing A KVM-Optimized Image   Fedora   2022-06-03
Linux 5.19 KVM & Xen Changes Readied For This Next Kernel   Virtualization   2022-05-26
ARMv9 Scalable Matrix Extension Support Lands In Linux 5.19   Arm   2022-05-25
Linux 5.18 Preparing For Release - Especially Heavy With Many Intel & AMD Changes   Linux Kernel   2022-05-20
Linux Patches Updated For Better Power Management On AMX "Sapphire Rapids" Servers   Intel   2022-05-20
VirtualBox On Linux Affected By Security Vulnerability Leaking Host Data To Guests   Virtualization   2022-05-18
Intel IPI Virtualization Ready For Linux 5.19   Intel   2022-05-13
Linux 5.18-rc6 Released - Linux 5.18 Is Looking "Quite Well-Behaved"   Linux Kernel   2022-05-08
QEMU 7.0 Released With Intel AMX Support, Many RISC-V Additions   Virtualization   2022-04-20
Cloud-Hypervisor 23.0 Released With Support For Intel AMX   Virtualization   2022-04-14
Initial Intel TDX Enablement Positioned For Linux 5.19   Intel   2022-04-10
AMD Readies Linux Patches For x2AVIC Support   AMD   2022-04-06
Linux 5.18's KVM Squeezes In AMD Nested Virtualization Improvements   Virtualization   2022-04-01
Linux 5.18 KVM Prepares For Intel IPI Virtualization, Larger AMD VMs   Virtualization   2022-03-28
Linux 5.17 Released With AMD P-State Driver, Plenty Of New Hardware Support   Linux Kernel   2022-03-20
AMD Preparing Linux "PerfMonV2" Support In Preparation For Zen 4   AMD   2022-03-17
QEMU 7.0 Is Coming With Intel AMX Support, Many RISC-V Improvements   Virtualization   2022-03-16
Intel Preparing Linux Support To Handle Live Microcode Updates Affecting SGX   Intel   2022-03-15
The Most Interesting New Features Of Linux 5.17 - Intel & AMD Continue With Big Changes   Linux Kernel   2022-03-10
Linux Lands Mitigations For Spectre-BHB / BHI On Intel & Arm, Plus An AMD Change Too   Linux Security   2022-03-08
Linux 5.17-rc7 Released - Final Kernel Planned For Next Weekend   Linux Kernel   2022-03-06
Cloud-Hypervisor 22.0 Released With New Features For This Open-Source VMM   Virtualization   2022-03-04
Google Posts New ASI Patches For KVM To Help Fight Off Speculative Execution Attacks   Virtualization   2022-02-24
AMD Sends Out Linux Patches For x2APIC Virtualization, Increases KVM Limit To 511 vCPUs   AMD   2022-02-21
Linux 5.17-rc5 Released - Looks "Pretty Much Normal"   Linux Kernel   2022-02-20
AMD Is Hiring Again For Their Linux - Client - Effort   AMD   2022-02-07
Linux 5.17-rc3 Restores FBDEV Hardware-Accelerated Scrolling, Mixed Bag of Random Stuff   Linux Kernel   2022-02-06
Intel's Many Improvements In Linux 5.17 From Starting Raptor Lake Enablement To PFRUT   Intel   2022-01-30
AMD Publishes Latest Linux Patches For Enabling SEV-SNP Guest Support   AMD   2022-01-30
Linux 5.17 KVM Updates Deliver Intel AMX Support   Virtualization   2022-01-15
libvirt 8.0 Virtualization API Released   Virtualization   2022-01-15
Linux 5.16's Great Features Include FUTEX2, Folios, AMD Rembrandt, Intel AMX & Much More   Linux Kernel   2022-01-06
Intel AMX Support For KVM Use May Be Ready For Mainline   Intel   2022-01-06
Linux 5.16-rc7 Released Following A Quiet Christmas Week   Linux Kernel   2021-12-26
ReactOS 0.4.14 "Open-Source Windows" OS Brings Many Improvements   Operating Systems   2021-12-18
QEMU 6.2 Released With Intel SGX VM Support, Apple Silicon Compatible For macOS Hosts   Virtualization   2021-12-15
Linux 5.16-rc5 Released - Cycle To Be Extended Due To The Holidays   Linux Kernel   2021-12-12
Linux Prepares For More Code Sharing Between AMD SEV + Intel TDX   Intel   2021-12-12
Intel Posts Linux Patches Enabling AMX Use Within KVM Guests   Intel   2021-12-08
Linux 5.16-rc4 Released - "Nothing Looks All That Scary"   Linux Kernel   2021-12-05
Intel's Cloud-Hypervisor 20 Released With CPU Pinning, Replacing Unsafe Rust Code   Virtualization   2021-12-03
Intel SGX2 / Enclave Dynamic Memory Management Patches Posted For Linux   Intel   2021-12-01
Linux 5.16-rc2 Released - "Felt Pretty Normal"   Linux Kernel   2021-11-21
New x86/x86_64 KVM Patches Would Help Reduce Excess TLB Flushing   Virtualization   2021-11-21
Linux 5.16-rc1 Released With Intel AMX, FUTEX2, Folios & A Lot More   Linux Kernel   2021-11-14
QEMU 6.2 On The Way With SGX For VMs, Apple Silicon, More RISC-V   Virtualization   2021-11-14
Linux 5.16 To Support AMD SEV/SEV-ES Intra-Host Live Migration   AMD   2021-11-13