VMM-independent graphics acceleration

VEE'07: Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Virtual Execution Environments

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 33-43

  Lagar Cavilla, H Andres ^a   Tolia, Niraj ^b   Satyanarayanan, M ^b   De Lara, Eyal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Graphics; Hardware acceleration; Portability; Virtualization; VMM independence

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER HARDWARE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE PORTABILITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNIT (GPU); VIRTUAL MACHINE MONITOR (VMM); VIRTUAL MACHINES (VMS);

GRAPHIC METHODS;

EID: 35448945624     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1254810.1254816     Document Type: Conference Paper

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