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In this case, "Architecture" refers to the computer platform the user wishes to deploy Debian on. In most cases, you should read this page first:

Developers might refer also to ArchitectureSpecificsMemo.

Linux

Still, Here's a table describing the status of the various platforms.

Chip	Manufacturer	Status	Comments
Alpha	?HewlettPackard (formerly Compaq, formerly Digital)	Supported
?StrongArm	Intel	Supported	Corel ?NetWinder, the ["CompaqIPAQHandheld"] , Sharp Zaurus
hppa	?HewlettPackard	Supported	HP Precision Architecture
["i386"]	Intel/AMD/Cyrix/...	Supported	The original platform
[:DebianAMD64:amd64]	Intel, AMD	Supported	also known as em64t or x86-64.
ia64	Intel	Supported	Itanium (not Intel Core series)
[:M68k:m68k]	Motorola	Supported	["Amiga"], ["AtariST"], old Macintoshes, some old Sun hardware (sun3)
[:MIPSPort:mips]	SGI	Supported	SGI Graphics Workstations run on this RISC chip; big endian
[:MIPSPort:mipsel]	Digital	Supported	Digital Decstations, SGI with RISC chip; little endian
["PowerPC"]	IBM/Motorola/Apple	Supported	Newer Macintoshes
s390	IBM	Supported	?BigIron - IBM mainframe platform
s390x	IBM	In progress	Newer ?BigIron - IBM mainframe platform
[:SHPort:sh]	Hitachi	In progress
[:PortsSparc:sparc]	Sun	Supported	Both 32-bit and 64-bit are supported

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+|| [:M68k:m68k] || Motorola || Supported || ["Amiga"], ["AtariST"], old Macintoshes, some old Sun hardware (sun3) ||