
 
QEMU 1.6.0 is a generic and open source
machine emulator and virtualizer. 
When used as a machine emulator, 
QEMU can run OSes and programs made 
for one machine (e.g. an ARM board) 
on a different machine (e.g. your own PC). 
By using dynamic translation, it achieves very good performance. 
When used as a virtualizer, QEMU achieves near 
native performances by executing the guest code directly 
on the host CPU. QEMU supports virtualization when executing 
the Xen hypervisor or using the KVM kernel module in Linux. 
When using KVM, QEMU can virtualize x86, server and embedded 
PowerPC, and S390 guests.


