DiMS is a MIPS/machine simulator designed for educational purposes. It is the brainchild of the Machine Architecture 2015 course at DIKU, and has two intended purposes:

1. A simple MIPS/machine simulator intended for teaching Computer Architecture and baseline Systems Programming.

2. A black-box simulator intended for teaching more advanced Computer Science concepts, such as, Compilers and Operating Systems.

Ideally, when 2 follows 1, it is feasible for the good students to fully grasp (and utilize) the black-box beneath them.

P.S. "dims" is also a Danish word for "gizmo".

DiMS is inspired and guided by at least 3 excellent text-books about (MIPS) Computer Architecture and Operating Systems:

1. David A. Patterson and John L. Hennessy. Computer Organization and Design, 5th edition, 2014. Elsevier. ISBN: 978-0-12-407726-3.

2. John L. Hennessy and David A. Patterson. Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach, 5th edition, 2012. Elsevier. ISBN: 978-0-12-383872-8.

3. Dominic Sweetman. See MIPS® Run, 2nd edition, 2007. Elsevier. ISBN: 978-0-12-088421-6.