Developer(s) VMware, Inc. Type Hypervisor | Operating system | |
Stable release 8.5.5 / March 14, 2017 (2017-03-014) Written in C, x86 Assembly, C++ (GUI) Platform Apple-Intel architecture | ||
VMware Fusion is a software hypervisor developed by VMware for Macintosh computers. VMware Fusion allows Intel-based Macs to run operating systems such as Microsoft Windows, Linux, NetWare, or Solaris on virtual machines, along with their Mac OS X operating system using a combination of paravirtualization, hardware virtualization and dynamic recompilation.
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Overview
VMware Fusion, made possible by the Apple–Intel transition, marked VMware's first entry into Macintosh-based x86 virtualization. VMware Fusion uses Intel VT present in the Intel Core microarchitecture platform. Much of the underlying technology in VMware Fusion is inherited from other VMware products, such as VMware Workstation, allowing VMware Fusion to offer features such as 64-bit and SMP support from the first beta version onward.
VMware Fusion 1.0 was released on August 6, 2007, exactly one year after being announced.