MIPS ARCHITECTURE MIPS-semiconductor company that built one of the first commercial RISC architectures We will study the mips architecture in some detail in this class Why mips instead of Intel x86? MIPS is simple, elegant. Dont want to get bogged down in gritty details MPS widely used in embedded apps, x86 lttle used in embedded, and more embedded computers than PCs▪MIPS – semiconductor company that built one of the first commercial RISC architectures ▪ We will study the MIPS architecture in some detail in this class. ▪ Why MIPS instead of Intel x86? ▪ MIPS is simple, elegant. Don’t want to get bogged down in gritty details. ▪ MIPS widely used in embedded apps, x86 little used in embedded, and more embedded computers than PCs 6