![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In this article we will talk about QEMU, a software that can do both, emulate and virtualise. If you have ever tried Contra on a PC, then you know what function an emulator performs. ![]() This allows an operating system of one computer architecture to be run on the architecture for which the emulator is written. On the other hand, in an emulator, the virtual machine simulates the complete hardware in software. While a program like VMWare can provide a virtual environment for running a virtual Windows PC, it cannot work on any real hardware other than its native x86 PC. Virtualisation involves simulating the functioning of a computer’s hardware like CPU, CD-ROM, graphics controller and the like. For the uninitiated, virtualisation and emulation might seem to be two words that can be used interchangeably, and that would be as wrong as you could get. ![]()
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