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<span id="id1"></span><h1>Release Notes<a class="headerlink" href="#release-notes" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
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<h2>Version 0.1 release (March 2018)<a class="headerlink" href="#version-0-1-release-march-2018" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
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<p>In March 2018, Intel announced the open source Project ACRN at the
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<cite>Embedded Linux Conference and OpenIoT Summit North America 2018
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<ELC18></cite>.</p>
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<p>ACRN is a flexible, lightweight reference hypervisor, built with
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real-time and safety-criticality in mind, optimized to streamline
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embedded development through an open source platform.</p>
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<p>The project ACRN reference code can be found on GitHug in <a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/projectacrn">https://github.com/projectacrn</a>
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It includes the ACRN hypervisor, the ACRN device model and
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documentation.
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ACRN is a flexible, lightweight hypervisor, built with real-time and
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safety-criticality in mind,it is optimized to streamline embedded
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development through an open source reference platform. ACRNs key
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features include:</p>
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<li>Small footprint</li>
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<li>Built with Real-Time in Mind</li>
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<li>Virtualization of Embedded IoT Device functions</li>
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<li>Safety Critical Workload Considerations</li>
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<li>Adaptable</li>
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<li>Open Source</li>
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<p>This version 0.1 release has the following software components:</p>
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<li>The ACRN Hypervisor</li>
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<li>The ACRN Device Model</li>
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<li>The ACRN VirtIO framework</li>
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<li>The ACRN Block & NIC & console VirtIO drivers</li>
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<li>The ACRN VirtIO Backend Service(VBS) & VirIO and Hypervisor Service Module(VHM).</li>
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<p>Version 0.1 features include:</p>
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<li>ACRN hypervisor (Type 1 hypervisor)</li>
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<li>A hybrid VMM architecture implementation</li>
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<li>Multiple User OS supported</li>
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<li>VM management - such as VM start/stop/pause, virtual CPU pause/resume</li>
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<li>CPU virtualization</li>
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<li>Memory virtualization</li>
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<li>I/O emulation</li>
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<li>Virtual interrupt</li>
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<li>VT-x and VT-d support</li>
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<li>Hypercall for guest</li>
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<li>Device emulation</li>
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<li>Device pass-through mechanism</li>
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<li>Device Emulation mechanism</li>
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<li>Virtio console</li>
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