SPIM James Larus

SPIM is a self-contained MIPS32 simulator designed to execute assembly language programs for the MIPS32 architecture. It provides a platform for testing and debugging MIPS assembly code, offering a simple debugger and minimal operating system services. SPIM supports both terminal and windowing interfaces across multiple platforms, including Microsoft Windows, Linux, and macOS.

Key Features:

• Execution of MIPS32 assembly language programs.
• Built-in debugger for step-by-step program analysis.
• Minimal set of operating system services for program execution.
• Cross-platform support with a terminal interface and the QtSpim windowing interface.
• Full source code availability for transparency and customization.

Audience & Benefit:

SPIM is ideal for students, educators, and researchers in computer science, particularly those studying assembly language programming or MIPS architecture. It provides hands-on experience for understanding low-level computing concepts and serves as an educational tool for teaching processor simulation and debugging techniques.

The software can be installed via winget on supported platforms.