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-MIPS is the name of a company, processor core and instruction set
.
+An [Acronym] for __M__icroprocessor without __I__nterlocked __P__ipeline __S__tages
.
-MIPS processors are a
simple [RISC] architecture
and were best known
for being the processor at the heart of
many Silicon Graphics machines
as well as being
the processor on the original Sony Playstation
.
+A
simple [RISC] [CPU] design geared for [Compiler] friendliness. Its instruction set is very simple
and easy to learn and was used
for many years
as a teaching architecture for
the Computer Systems course at WaikatoUniversity before being replaced with a full custom design
.
-MIPS
the company now make almost all
of their money designing processor cores and licensing them to other manafacturers who place this core inside their products.
-
-The instruction set is very simple and easy to learn and was used for
many years
as a teaching architecture for
the Computer Systems course at WaikatoUniversity before being replaced with a full custom design
.
-
-
http://www.mips.com for lots more information
and documentation
+It was
the result of a StanfordUniversity project that became a commercial product, best known as the heart
of many [Silicon Graphics|SGI] machines
as well
the original [Sony] ~PlayStation
. The design is now owned by [MIPS Technologies |
http://www.mips.com], a wholly-owned subsidiary of [SGI] since 1992 that operates as an independent unit
and make almost all of their money licensing processor core designs to other manufacturers who embed them into their own products.