Intel® 64 and IA-32 Architectures Developer's Manual, Vol. 3C

This chapter describes the basics of virtual machine architecture and an overview of the Virtual Machine Extensions (VMX) that support virtualization of processor hardware for multiple software environments.

Information about VMX instructions is provided in Intel® 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer’s Manual, Volume 2B. Other aspects of VMX and system programming considerations are described in chapters of Intel® 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer’s Manual, Volume 3B.