2. Interactive MIPS Datapath Tutorial
Stephanie Holeman
John Even
Jeff Larson
Scott Service
Advisor/Client:
Dr Prasant Mohapatra

3. Overview Background Project Objectives Technical Approach
Achievements and Lessons Learned
Future Work
Questions

4. Computer Architecture
Background
Computer Architecture
Memory
I/O Devices
Processor
Datapath
Control

5. Background continued About MIPS processor uses architecture
Sony Playstation
Nintendo 64
architecture
RISC based
Pipelined
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6. Background continued 5 Stage Pipeline
Instruction Fetch (IF), Instruction Decode (ID),
Execute (EX), Memory (MEM), Write Back (WB)

7. Project Objectives Make learning less difficult
Create interactive learning tool
Make tool web accessible

8. Technical Approach Programming solutions considered
Hardware Description Language (HDL)
Microsoft® PowerPoint®
C++
Java™
Instructions to implement
Control features to implement

9. Our Solution Accessibility Instruction selection Control features
Java (JDK 1.17b)
Netscape Navigator® and Internet Explorer®
Instruction selection
add, addi, and, or, lw, sw, beq, slt, nop
Control features
no hazard detection
no data forwarding

11. Summary of Achievements
Developed pseudocode
Learned/Learning Java
Increased team work skills
Learned about conducting effective group meetings

12. Future Work Ours Others Finish implementation Test and debug
Document application
Others
Implement additional instructions
Add hazard detection/data forwarding
Gather feedback from users

13. Thank you for your attention
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