Berkeley CSUA MOTD:Entry 37576
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2005/5/9-11 [Science, Computer/HW/CPU] UID:37576 Activity:nil 66%like:37580
5/8     Architecture Virtualization:
        http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1762884,00.asp
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