NEW VERSION INTRODUCES ARM VIRTUAL PERFORMANCE MONITOR COUNTERS AND BROADER X86 HARDWARE SUPPORT. COMMUNITY INITIATIVES, INCLUDING FUNCTIONAL SAFETY AND VIRTIO, CONTINUE TO PROGRESS. The Xen Project, an open source hypervisor hosted at the Linux Foundation, announced the release of Xen Project Hypervisor 4.16, which introduces various features allowing for

Due to circumstances, all Xen subprojects have now moved their IRC channels off of Freenode. The following channels have been moved to OFTC: #xendevel, #xen, #xeninfra #xcp-ng, #xcp-ng-dev. #mirage has moved to Libera Chat. Up-to-date IRC channel information can be found on the xenproject.org IRC reference page. The #unikraft

This post was written by Dr. Felipe Huici Chief Researcher, Systems and Machine Learning Group, NEC Laboratories Europe GmbH. The open source Unikraft project is proud to announce that its paper titled “Unikraft: Fast, Specialized Unikernels the Easy Way” has not only been accepted at Eurosys, one of the top

Linaro Virtual Connect 2021 provides a platform to discuss and learn about the leading software topics, challenges and opportunities in the Arm Ecosystem today. The event will have 60+ technical keynotes, sessions, and more, and it’s taking place March 23-25, 2021. This year’s Linaro event will include several

The Common Vulnerability and Exposures (CVE) Program’s mission is to identify, define, and catalog publicly disclosed cybersecurity vulnerabilities.  CVE numbers (assigned when vulnerabilities are added to the CVE List) enable two or more people or tools to refer to a vulnerability and know they are talking about the same

Xen 4.15 is in code freeze, and we cut RC1 yesterday. Please help us test it to make sure Xen 4.15 is a high quality release (and that it works well for your use cases!) You can find 4.15 RC1 from git: git clone https://xenbits.xenproject.

This post originally appeared on Linux.com A novel modular unikernel allows for extreme tailoring of your operating system to your application’s needs. A proof of concept, built on Unikraft, a Xen Project subproject, shows up to 50% efficiency improvements than standard Linux on AWS EC2.  Cloud computing has

A funeral for Lars Kurth will be held on Friday, 7 February, at 11:45 am. Everyone is welcome to attend. Location and further information here: http://larskurth.muchloved.com

It is with a heavy heart that the Xen Project community says goodbye to Advisory Board Chair, Lars Kurth. Lars passed away earlier this week, leaving a hole in our community. Lars joined the Xen Project in January 2011, and it’s no exaggeration to say that the project may

As we enter a new decade, it is worthwhile to look back at the last year and decade to glance into the crystal ball for what 2020 and beyond may have in store for the Xen Project. A good starting point is the retrospective we put together for the project’

Broad community collaboration brings new functionality as well as steps forward in functional safety certification. SAN FRANCISCO – December 18, 2019 — The Xen Project, an open source hypervisor hosted at the Linux Foundation, today announced the release of Xen Project Hypervisor 4.13, which improves security, hardware support, added new options