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See MIPS Run (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Architecture and Design) Paperback – 18 Feb 1999

by Dominic Sweetman (Author)

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The versatile offspring of an extended family of multiple chip companies, today's MIPS chips are everywhere. They power everything from videogames, network routers, laser printers, set-top boxes, and high-performance workstations. This book brings together this extraordinary proliferation of form and functionality, offering embedded systems programmers and designers unique, eminently practical insights into MIPS. It covers how MIPS started, the principles at the root of the RISC revolution, the full details of the MIPS instruction set, and how these details together constitute a full operating system ready to be put to work in hundreds of ways.

If you're programming embedded systems and need to understand the chips at the deepest level, or even if you're just curious, you're sure to find what you need in this book. It's all here, from the nuts and bolts of a programming reference to the big picture that only a true expert can deliver. So buy the book. Take it home. Step inside. And see MIPS run.

* Written by an independent consultant whose business is understanding MIPS architecture and embedded systems programming.
* Addresses the evolution of MIPS technology, giving you a solid foundation for successful designs and implementations.
* Provides an in-depth, easy-to-use guide to the MIPS instruction set, including special attention to processor control and assembler mnemonics for every instruction.
* Covers everything from MIPS I to MIPS IV, with appendices devoted to the optional MIPS 16 instruction set and V/MDMX.

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Paperback: 512 pages
Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann (18 Feb. 1999)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1558604103
ISBN-13: 978-1558604100
Product Dimensions: 23.5 x 18.8 x 2.6 cm
Average Customer Review: 2 customer reviews
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,091,396 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #889 in Books > Computers & Internet > Computer Science > Information Systems > Systems Analysis & Design
- #1710 in Books > Science & Nature > Engineering & Technology > Aeronautics & Aerospace > Aerospace & Aviation Technology
- #2532 in Books > Computers & Internet > Computer Science > Architecture & Microprocessors

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Dominic Sweetman is a member of the last generation of programmers who could reasonably hope to understand computer systems from bottom to top. His rich career began with low-level coding, progressing from OS development to LANs to distributed systems. Dominic is an experienced designer and developer of hardware systems, CPUs, networks, and operating systems. He was a founder member of Whitechapel Workstations, and in 1988 founded Algorithmics, a MIPS consulting firm of which he is the director. Dominic lives with his partner, two grown-up children and three cats in north London.

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A great book for anyone interested in the MIPS family

ByA customeron 17 February 1999

Format: Paperback

Whether you're looking for a good reference book or a solid textbook, you won't be disappointed. Dominic Sweetman has done an excellent job of translating his experience with the MIPS family into a nice mix of history, theory and practice -- all without letting things get too heavy. Buy two copies because one is sure to evaporate.

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MIPS is one of those to study

ByB.N.Hancockon 23 January 2017

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Good book but maybe a bit to simplistic technically. Just right for me !

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Five Stars

ByJorge Furlongon 15 January 2016 - Published on Amazon.com

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These are the types of books or materials you have problems finding elsewhere !!

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Brilliant book on more than just MIPS programming

ByKarraon 14 March 2013 - Published on Amazon.com

Format: Paperback

In the early 2000s I worked as a contractor for Cisco and wrote tens of thousands of lines of low-level C and MIPS assembly that still run inside the Catalyst 6500/7600 series switches and routers. They were, of course, using the MIPS architecture, and this book was an absolute must-have reference book for our team. It is definitely getting a bit old. but I was extremely disappointed to see the poor review response this book has gotten so far here, and I had to write this to right it somewhat.

You might think an architecture book that's more than 15 years old is worthless. However this book has a lot more than just MIPS references (although there is plenty of that). It has very detailed and well written sections on general programming tips for low level programmers. For instance, See MIPS Run h as the absolute best description of Endian-ness I have found in any book.

You may not buy this edition any more (perhaps the 2006 Linux version is equally good and more adapted to the times) - but if you are a low level programmer and have a copy in your library, do yourself a favour and read this book. It is a gem.

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Get this book!

ByA customeron 5 September 2000 - Published on Amazon.com

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This is an outstanding book that is written by an author who knows his stuff. It covers a lot more material than just the MIPS architecture, although if that's what you're looking for, it's THE best MIPS book, and I have them all.
Sweetman THANKFULLY covers many topics that aren't unique to MIPS, such as pipelines, caches, memory management units, floating-point processing, etc... in addition to going into great detail specific to the MIPS variants.
The sign of a very good engineer/author/technical writer is someone who takes something that is complicated and involved, and makes it easy to understand. Sweetman is such an author.
On top of all that, the book makes for enjoyable reading and has a very conversational/friendly tone (but don't get me wrong, it is quite in-depth and technical.)
If you're working on any RISC architecture, including other variants such as PowerPC or ARM, this book is for you.

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Good steamcourse and reference

ByJ Ruigrok vd Wervenon 29 August 2001 - Published on Amazon.com

Format: Paperback

If you are looking for a book which gets you up and running with MIPS then look no further. This book explains its history and everything you need to know to start `messing around' with the MIPS RISC CPU.
The author also provides a lot of `gotchas', which he learned from prior experience from developing on/with the MIPS CPUs. Valuable insight in those little things which will ease your life as a developer.
Aside from the info provided by the author on the MIPS CPU itself, it also explains a great deal about basic processor technical knowledge, thus making the book a breeze to read for those of us with no extended experience in CPU internals.
Like one of the other reviewers said though, for a real reference with regard to the mnemonics and other instruction related things you might want to get the PDF files from the mips.com site and use those next to your See MIPS Run book.
They supplement each other well.

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simply the best

ByGong Chengon 25 April 2005 - Published on Amazon.com

Format: Paperback

This book is not only the best MIPS book I have ever seen, but also one of the best computer system books I have ever seen.

I only hate I didn't discover that earlier!!

It has everything a curious system software engineer wants to know about everything related to MIPS. If you have mastered all that this book offers (I wish I can say that in some near future), you not only undoubtedly become a MIPS expert, but also you are at least half a Computer systems expert in general.

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