![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080920044938im_/http://nsf.gov/images/x.gif) News From the Field Computer Science Researchers Explore Virtualization Potential for High-end Computing
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October 2, 2007
![Godmar Back](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080920044938im_/http://nsf.gov/news/other_images/godmar_back_l.jpg) | Virginia Tech researchers are developing a new framework for customizing the system software environment that hosts the execution of parallel applications on emerging supercomputers built from multicore processors. The Virtualization Technologies for Application-Specific Operating Systems project is supported by a National Science Foundation computer science research grant. Full story |
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