Low-overhead virtualization of mobile platforms
Gernot Heiser · 2011
Mobile platforms are becoming as powerful as PCs were not too long ago. The complexity of their software stacks also starts rivalling those of PCs, and increasingly they run operating systems which originated in the desktop world. It should therefore not be too surprising that another phenomenon familiar from the server and desktop world, virtualization, is taking a foothold in mobile platforms. The talk will outline the motivation for using virtualization on mobile devices, especially smartphones. These mostly relate to efficient use and management of hardware resources, cost and security issues. We will also discuss the overheads imposed by a high-performance hypervisor.