MIPS Architecture and Assembly Language Overview Adapted from: http://edge.mcs.dre.g.el.edu/GICL/people/sevy/architecture/MIPSRef(SPIM).html Data Types and Literals Data types: Instructions are all 32 bits byte(8 bits), halfword (2 bytes), word (4 bytes) a character requires 1 byte of storage an integer requires 1 word (4 bytes) of storage Literals: numbers entered as is. e.g. 4 characters enclose