Editing SPIM (section)

== SPIM Alternatives/Competitors ==
MARS (MIPS Assembler and Runtime Simulator)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://courses.missouristate.edu/KenVollmar/MARS/|title=MARS MIPS simulator - Missouri State University|publisher=|accessdate=1 October 2016}}</ref> is a Java-based IDE for the MIPS Assembly Programming Language and an alternative to SPIM.
Its initial release was in 2005.{{Citation needed|date=October 2019}} However, as both of its maintainers have since retired,<ref>{{cite web |title=Otterbein University Computer Science: Peter Sanderson |url=http://faculty.otterbein.edu/PSanderson/ |access-date=14 April 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Ken R. Vollmar - Computer Science Department - Missouri State University |url=https://computerscience.missouristate.edu/profile-display.aspx?p=KenVollmar |access-date=14 April 2024}}</ref> the project is no longer under active development.

[[Imperas]] is a suite of embedded software development tools for MIPS architecture which uses [[Just-in-time compilation]] emulation and simulation technology.
The simulator was initially released in 2008 and is under active development.
There are over 30 open source models of the MIPS 32 bit <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ovpworld.org/library/wikka.php?wakka=Mips32Processors|title=Open Virtual Platforms|publisher=|accessdate=1 October 2016}}</ref> and 64 bit <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ovpworld.org/library/wikka.php?wakka=Mips64Processors|title=Open Virtual Platforms|publisher=|accessdate=1 October 2016}}</ref> cores.

Other alternative to SPIM for educational purposes is The CREATOR simulator.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://zenodo.org/record/5130302|title = CREATOR: Simulador didáctico y genérico para la programación en ensamblador|date = 23 July 2021}}</ref><ref>CREATOR Web with MIPS32 example: https://creatorsim.github.io/creator/?example_set=default&example=e12 </ref><ref>CREATOR source code on GitHub: https://github.com/creatorsim/creator </ref> CREATOR is portable (can be executed in current web browsers) and allow students to learn several assembly languages of different processors at the same time (CREATOR includes examples of MIPS32 and RISC-V instructions).