Comp 411 Spring 2007

Problem Set 3 is now available and due Friday 16 February.

No class today.

Today we’ll look at the MIPS simulator and run a few small programs. Lecture 6 slides

You’ll need the MIPS emulator SPIM for the next problem set. Here are some links:

• The SPIM simulator website
• A local copy of the MS windows XP version of SPIM
• MIPS instructions and pseudoinstructions supported by SPIM
• User’s Guide for MS Windows version of SPIM

Today we’ll talk about accessing memory and writing assembly code. Lecture 5 slides

Today we will begin discussing the MIPS instruction set. Lecture 4 Slides

Problem Set 2 will help you wrestle with the instruction set concepts in the next lectures. These are due before class on Thursday 1 February. Solutions

Sections 2.1 through 2.6.

We’ll talk about encoding information such as letters and numbers using bits. Lecture 3 as PDF.
Update: I corrected the errors in these slides. FP format looks right now.

in COD (our book). Which I’ve just found out isn’t in the bookstore. Ack!