MARS (MIPS Assembler and Runtime Simulator)
An IDE for MIPS Assembly Language Programming
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MARS 3.4.1
(posted 27 January 2008)
MARS is a lightweight interactive development environment (IDE) for programming in MIPS assembly language, intended for educational-level use with Patterson and Hennessy's Computer Organization and Design, 3rd edition.
What's New in MARS Version 3.4?
- See a screenshot of V3.2 (1279 x 993 pixels, 319 KB JPEG)
- Tutorial materials
Sample
MIPS assembly programs that demo MARS features and usage
MARS features overview: (List of V3.3 and V3.0 features)
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GUI with point-and-click control and integrated editor
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Easily editable register and memory values, similar to a speadsheet
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Display values in hexadecimal or decimal
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Command line mode for instructors to test and evaluate many programs easily
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Floating point registers, coprocessor1 and coprocessor2. Standard tool: bit-level view and edit of 32-bit floating point registers (screenshot).
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Variable-speed single-step execution
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"Tool" utility for MIPS control of simulated devices. Standard tool: Cache performance analysis tool (screenshot).
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Single-step backwards
