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MIPS: A microprocessor architecture

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MIPS is a new single chip VLSI microprocessor. It attempts to achieve high performance with the use of a simplified instruction set, similar to those found in microengines. The processor is a fast pipelined engine without pipeline interlocks. Software solutions to several traditional hardware problems, such as providing pipeline interlocks, are used.

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        cover image ACM SIGMICRO Newsletter
        ACM SIGMICRO Newsletter  Volume 13, Issue 4
        Dec. 1982
        169 pages
        ISSN:1050-916X
        DOI:10.1145/1014194
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