MIPS Assembly

The MIPS microprocessor paradigm was created in 1981 from work done by J. L. Hennessy at Stanford University. Since that time, the MIPS paradigm has been so influential that nearly every modern-day processor family makes some use of the concepts derived from that original research. This book will discuss the MIPS architecture and (perhaps more importantly) MIPS assembly programming.

Table of Contents

• Introduction

Section 1: Introduction to MIPS

• MIPS Architecture
• MIPS Processors
• MIPS Details

Section 2: MIPS Instructions

• MIPS Instructions
• Arithmetic Instructions
• Control Flow Instructions
• Memory Instructions
• Floating Point Instructions
• Miscellaneous Instructions

Section 3: Programming MIPS

• MIPS Assemblers
• MIPS Emulation
• Subroutines
• Programming Style

Section 4: Advanced MIPS

• Instruction Formats
• System Instructions
• Pseudoinstructions
• Register File
• Exceptions

Resources and Licensing

• Resources
• Licensing