Virtual CPU

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Virtualization

A system running Red Hat Virtualization has a number of virtual cpus, or vcpus. The number of vcpus is finite and represents the total number of vcpus that can be assigned to guest virtual machines.

Red Hat — RHEL 5.2 Virtualization Guide

A processor within a virtual machine. VMware Workstation 5.5 currently supports up to two virtual CPUs per virtual machine.

VMware — Performance Tuning and Benchmarking Guidelines for VMware Workstation 6.0