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 |
|
[:ArmEabiPort:Arm] |
Hundreds |
Supported |
?NetWinder, Ipaq, Sharp Zaurus, NSLU-2, ... |
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 |
non-Linux
hurd-i386 |
see TheHurd |
In progress |
Not a hardware platform |
netbsd-i386 |
["NetBSD"] kernel |
In progress |
Not a hardware platform |
netbsd-alpha |
["NetBSD"] kernel |
In progress |
Not a hardware platform |
[:Debian_GNU/kFreeBSD:kfreebsd-i386] |
["FreeBSD"] kernel |
In progress |
Not a hardware platform |
[:Debian_GNU/kFreeBSD:kfreebsd-amd64] |
["FreeBSD"] kernel |
In progress |
Not a hardware platform |