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Intel's Current IAA & DSA Accelerators Aren't Safe For VMs Due To A Security Issue
With the Intel In-Memory Analytics Accelerator (IAA) and Data Streaming Accelerator (DSA) introduced first with Xeon Scalable "Sapphire Rapids" processors, they can be a big performance win for some workloads but can be a pain to setup and with limited software support. It also turns out that since a security advisory issued earlier in the year, current Intel IAA and DSA accelerators aren't safe for use within virtual machines (VMs) and that issue doesn't appear to be resolved until Diamond Rapids and Granite Rapids D processors...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-IAA-DSA-Security-VMs
With the Intel In-Memory Analytics Accelerator (IAA) and Data Streaming Accelerator (DSA) introduced first with Xeon Scalable "Sapphire Rapids" processors, they can be a big performance win for some workloads but can be a pain to setup and with limited software support. It also turns out that since a security advisory issued earlier in the year, current Intel IAA and DSA accelerators aren't safe for use within virtual machines (VMs) and that issue doesn't appear to be resolved until Diamond Rapids and Granite Rapids D processors...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-IAA-DSA-Security-VMs