NUMBER OF MIPS REGISTERS Drawback: Since registers are in hardware there are a predetermined number of them Solution: MiPS code must be very carefully put together to eficiently use registers 32 registers in MPs Why 32? Smaller is faster, but too small is bad. Goldilocks problem Each MPS register is 32 bits wide Groups of 32 bits called a word in MPS▪Drawback: Since registers are in hardware, there are a predetermined number of them. ▪ Solution: MIPS code must be very carefully put together to efficiently use registers. ▪32 registers in MIPS ▪ Why 32? Smaller is faster, but too small is bad. Goldilocks problem. ▪Each MIPS register is 32 bits wide ▪ Groups of 32 bits called a word in MIPS 10