SPIM/SAL Documentation

SPIM is a simulator for the Simple Abstract Language (SAL), MIPS Assembly Language (MAL), and True Assembly Language (TAL) described in A Programmer's View of Computer Architecture, by James Goodman and Karen Miller. XSPIM is a X-Windows based graphical user interface to SPIM. SPIM and XPIM were written by James R. Larus and modified to support SAL by Scott Kemph.

The MIPS architecture is based on a design by John Hennessy. The design is implemented by several companies under license from MIPS Computer Systems, Inc. Further details about the MIPS architecture can be found in MIPS RISC Architecture, by Gerry Kane and Joe Heinrich.

Using SPIM and XSPIM
SAL Reference Sheet
A short SAL code example
A SAL code example with procedures
Translating C Control Structures
A Stack Module
MAL Reference Sheet
MAL Register Usage Conventions
An Example of a MAL Subprogram
A longer MAL code example
Assembly Language Comments
TAL Instruction Coding

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Page Author: Gary Shute
Last Modified: Saturday, 24-Mar-2012 10:08:45 CDT
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