# Kx Platform AMD?

**URL:** <https://forum.kx.com/t/kx-platform-amd/12196>\
**Category:** Community Support\
**Tags:** add-ons\
**Created:** [August 8, 2021, 11:35pm UTC](https://forum.kx.com/t/kx-platform-amd/12196 "2021-08-08T23:35:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![SimonKaplan1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@SimonKaplan1](https://forum.kx.com/u/SimonKaplan1)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2021, 11:35pm UTC](https://forum.kx.com/t/kx-platform-amd/12196/1 "2021-08-08T23:35:00Z")

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Hi there

We need to run Kx Platform on a mac M1 under Parallels. &nbsp;

Issues that arise in installation

- ARM 64-bit isn’t a defined architecture in the platform install scripts

- q binary included in the distro is intel-only. &nbsp;However the free downloadable version includes ‘LINUX-ARM’ as a supported architecture. &nbsp;Is there a ARM version of 64-bit q? &nbsp;If so we could give this a go.

cheers

Simon

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**Author:** ![davidcrossey1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@davidcrossey1](https://forum.kx.com/u/davidcrossey1)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2021, 6:53am UTC](https://forum.kx.com/t/kx-platform-amd/12196/2 "2021-09-02T06:53:00Z")

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Hi Simon,

Thanks for raising this query on the Community portal, and apologies in the delayed response.

Regarding the KX Platform installer, ARM 64-bit isn’t defined as it’s not a supported architecture at this time.

We do have a ARM 64-bit version of kdb for Linux and macOS for v4.1t that can be downloaded from downloads.kx.com&nbsp; - **note** &nbsp;this is a test version and is not intended, nor supported for production usage.&nbsp;

Hope this helps.

Kind regards,

David