He said that in ~2007? So that may be correct. x86 hardware virtualization has gone through several generations so his comments may have remained accurate even

He said that in ~2007? So that may be correct. x86 hardware virtualization has gone through several generations so his comments may have remained accurate even as hardware features were added. Hardware-assisted virtualization really took off in ~2008, but they've continued to add features over the past decade. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86_virtualization https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86_virtualization