AMD SEV-SNP Glossary

confidential virtual machine (cVM)

is a virtual machine secured by AMD SEV-SNP

AMD Secure Processor (AMD-SP)

A co-processor that runs AMD-signed and integrity-protected SEV firmware, implements SEV functionality and provides a SEV API.

Virtual Machine Privilege Levels (VMPL)

are additional privilege levels inside a confidential VM to isolate page tables accesses.

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