This tutorial will get you up and running with the great MIPS instruction set. MIPS stands for Microprocessor without Interlocked Pipeline Stages, and it is a Reduced Instruction Set Computer assembly language. That means that the creators of MIPS designed it to be reduced or simplified, which is the reason that many universities around the world teach MIPS as a first assembly language.

In this tutorial I will try to be concise, clear and helpful. Whether you are going to take a course in college and want to prepare for it, or you are a self learner, a computer enthusiast, a veteran programmer or anybody who wants to learn assembly language the easy way, or brush up on it, then this tutorial series is for you. Enjoy!