C2D IVT equivalent?

[migo]

I read on Wikipedia that IA-32 and IA-64 chips support Intel Virtualisation Technology, but there was no mention of that support for the C2D. AMD however has support for it for the K8, so I'm assuming it should be possible on the C2D. Does Intel not do that for their lower end CPUs or has Wikipedia not been updated?

 

[jmmtn4aj]

The E6xxx series and up supports it, but not the E4xx (IIRC) and definitely not the E2xxx

 

[AmberClad]

I do recall seeing a virtualization-related option last time I checked my BIOS, so I assume that, yes, at least some C2Ds do support it. (If it was an invalid option, like Hyperthreading, it would not be visible at all according to the manufacturer's documentation.)

 

[Aluvus]

From what I take it is exactly the same page you were reading, 1 paragraph down:

Intel VT was officially launched at the Intel Developer Forum Spring 2005. It is available on certain Pentium 4 6x1 and 6x2 models,[2] Pentium D 9x0,[3] Xeon 3xxx/5xxx/7xxx, Core Duo[4] (excluding the T2300E and T2x50 models) and Core 2 Duo[5] processors (excluding the T52x0, T5300, T54x0, T5500 with stepping "B2", E4x00 and E2xx0 models).

IA-32 is an architecture, and Core 2 Duo (as well as Core Duo, Athlon XP, Pentium II, K6-2, and numerous others) is based on that architecture. Some, but by no means all, IA-32 processors support hardware virtualization.

 

[jonmcc33]

Worthless unless you run a VM.