Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) Say Hyper-V Needs Hardware

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) has announced that Windows 8 with Hyper-V
will require additional hardware. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) Say
Hyper-V Needs Hardware The software giant said in an official statement that its
Hyper-V hypervisor, the virtualization hosting, will no longer be exclusive to
Windows 8 Server 2008 or R2, and will be available on the upcoming version of
its operating system, Windows 8. However, it was also reported by Microsoft
Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) that Hyper-V will require additional hardware. Mathew
John, Hyper-V program manager on the Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), wrote
on the Windows 8 blog that, Hyper-V requires a 64-bit system that has Second
Level Address Translation (SLAT). SLAT is a feature present in the current
generation of 64-bit processors by Intel & AMD. Youll also need a 64-bit version
of Windows 8 and at least 4GB of RAM. Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) stocks were
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