| PVM Code | Architecture |
|---|
| AFX8 | Alliant FX/8 |
| ALPHA | DEC Alpha/OSF-1 |
| BAL | Sequent Balance |
| BFLY | BBN Butterfly TC2000 |
| BSD386 | 80[34]86 running BSDI or BSD386 |
| CM2 | Thinking Machines CM-2 Sun front |
| CM5 | Thinking Machines CM-5 |
| CNVX | Convex using IEEE floating-point |
| CNVXN | Convex using native f.p. |
| CRAY | Cray |
| CRAY2 | Cray-2 |
| CRAYSMP | Cray S-MP |
| DGAV | Data General Aviion |
| E88K | Encore 88000 |
| HP300 | HP 9000 68000 cpu |
| HPPA | HP 9000 PA-Risc |
| KSR1 | Kendall Square |
| I860 | Intel RX Hypercube |
| IPSC2 | Intel IPSC/2 |
| LINUX | 80[34]86 running Linux |
| MIPS | Mips |
| NEXT | NeXT |
| PGON | Intel Paragon |
| PMAX | DEC/Mips arch (3100, 5000, etc.) |
| RS6K | IBM/RS6000 |
| RT | IBM/RT |
| SGI | Silicon Graphics IRIS |
| SGI5 | Silicon Graphics IRIS running OS >= 5.0 |
| SUN3 | Sun 3 |
| SUN4 | Sun 4, 4c, sparc, etc. |
| SUN4SOL2 | Sun 4 running Solaris |
| SYMM | Sequent Symmetry |
| TITN | Stardent Titan |
| U370 | IBM 3090 running AIX |
| UVAX | DEC/Microvax |
| VCM2 | Thinking Machines CM-2 Vax front |