MIPS Architecture Animation

Supervisors - Ingrid Zukerman and Ronald Pose (CSC)
Students - Alan Hui and Jason Zappulla
Last modified on Monday, 16 June 1997
jjz@cs.monash.edu.au
alanh@cs.monash.edu.au

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Specification

This project consists of designing and implementing an animation process which illustrates the workings of SPIM, a MIPS simulator which is used for teaching computer architecture at first and second year level. At present students have difficulty visualizing the relationship between the different components of the simulator, and how the workings of the system affect these components. The animation will highlight the different components and the path they traverse in the architecture, and will relate addresses in registers with locations in memory. The student performing this project will design the interface and determine the best approach to convey the concepts in question to students.
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Tasks


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Initial Program Design

Design Diagram
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GUI Design

Design as of 16/6/97
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GUI Design

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Very Reduced Instruction Set

We have looked at the Very Reduced Instruction Set of the 'Baby MIPS' in the lecture notes in detail to test the Baby MIPS's architecture design for correctness.
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Related Links


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