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Originally Posted by s2scott
intel and intel chipsets are the most compatible when it comes to XEN and ESXi support
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AMD CPUs are better suited for virtualization mate, Intel CPUs does not support
Netsted Page Tables while AMD's does, also
AMD IOMMU for I/O virtualization is already there in AMD CPUs/chipsets while
Intel VT-d is only in their Q35 chipset (and propably some more server like chipsets) but that depends on the chipset I think.
Not mentioning that Intel still does not have
IMC (Integrated Memory Controller) in CPU while AMD has it since 2003.
AMD K10/Barcelona based Opterons/Phenoms are a lot better suited for virtualization then any Intel CPU.
This will change as Intel Nehalem will arrive which includes both NPT and IMC along with HTT, but it hasnt been released yet ... and it will not be cheap.