I think I&#x27;d agree, performance probably isn&#x27;t the most compelling argument for unikernels, but it seems to be the one that&#x27;s getting the most attention.  Even from the performance perspective, eliminating context switches doesn&#x27;t even seem like the most interesting aspect.  The more interesting thing, at least to me, seems to be that a number of virtual mechanisms are implemented in hardware now, which in theory could allow for orders of magnitude reductions in latency (energy consumption).