[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread] 

List:       qubes-users
Subject:    Re: [qubes-users] AMD Zen Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV)
From:       "J. Eppler" <j.eppler () openmailbox ! org>
Date:       2016-08-20 15:05:38
Message-ID: 193c2785-185e-451d-a132-c9798d40ea0a () googlegroups ! com
[Download RAW message or body]


Hello, 

till now the argument of Qubes OS was that there are no laptops with AMD CPU's or \
APU's which Qubes OS can run on. 

Qubes OS primary focus is on laptops and than on workstations. 

Qubes OS uses Xen to isolate "qubes" (vms) from each other. Xen can run on AMD, \
Intel, ARM and other platforms. Therefor Qubes itself is not dependent on the \
hardware itself. Qubes depends on certain virtualization extensions like Second Level \
Address Translation (SLAT), CPU virtualization extension and IO-Virtualization \
(IOMMU). AMD has all those virtualization features. So, in theory Qubes OS could run \
on AMD chips.

The problem till now was that AMD was not producing any hardware which was able to \
compete with Intel's quasi mono pole. This changed with this weeks AMD Zen \
announcement. The next question is: when does AMD Zen CPU's will appear in laptops? 

The next question is, will AMD offer SEV support for consumer CPU's? 


-- 
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups \
"qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from \
it, send an email to qubes-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, \
send email to qubes-users@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit \
https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/193c2785-185e-451d-a132-c9798d40ea0a%40googlegroups.com.
 For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.



[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread]