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VMware Workstation Pro (known as VMware Workstation until release of VMware Workstation 12 in 2015) is a hosted (Type 2) hypervisor that runs on x64 versions of Windows and Linux operating systems. [4] It enables users to set up virtual machines (VMs) on a single physical machine and use them simultaneously along with the host machine.
On May 14, 2024, it was announced that VMware Workstation Pro and VMware Fusion Pro would be made free for personal use, with commercial use still requiring payment. [60] In November 2024, VMware announced that commercial use would be free too. [61]
In 2015 the two packages were combined as VMware Workstation 12, with a free for non-commercial use restricted Player version which, on purchase of a license code, either became the higher-specification VMware Workstation Pro, [9] [10] or allowed commercial use of Player.
Later notable Smalltalk VMs were VisualWorks, the Squeak Virtual Machine, [14] and Strongtalk. [15] A related language that produced a lot of virtual machine innovation was the Self programming language, [16] which pioneered adaptive optimization [17] and generational garbage collection.
Some other products such as VMware and Virtual PC use similar approaches to Bochs and QEMU, however they use a number of advanced techniques to shortcut most of the calls directly to the CPU (similar to the process that JIT compiler uses) to bring the speed to near native in most cases.
Download and Install Windows 11 guest operating system on an Apple Silicon Mac Import and Export Virtual Machines with vTPM device Manage Power Operations of Encrypted Virtual Machines using VMREST API VMware Hardware Version 21 [100] 13.5.2 (Build 23775688) May 14, 2024 As of this version, Workstation Pro and Fusion Pro are free for personal use.
On October 18, 2016, VMware announced vSphere 6.5 focusing on a simplified experience and improving security features. [ 9 ] On April 17, 2018, VMware announced vSphere 6.7 focusing on simple and efficient management at scale, further improved security features, a universal application platform, and seamless hybrid cloud experience.
July, VMware creates the first x86 server virtualization product. Egenera, Inc. launches their Processor Area Network (PAN Manager) software and BladeFrame chassis which provide hardware virtualization of processing blade's (pBlade) internal disk, network interface cards, and serial console. Archived July 14, 2011, at the Wayback Machine