The value lies in security in this context. You also get a bit of performance as the "unikernels" are self-contained. So you can do most things, including the

The value lies in security in this context. You also get a bit of performance as the "unikernels" are self-contained. So you can do most things, including the IP stack without switching into kernel mode. I'm guessing this is mostly interesting for FaaS platforms or similar. You get isolation similar to hardware-assisted vms but with a lot less overhead and with phenomenal boot-times.