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+q3kmips
+=======
+
+The little MIPS that couldn't.
+
+What is it?
+-----------
+
+It's a classic-pipeline, hand-crafted, partial MIPS32 implementation. It probably doesn't hold any intristic value, as it's a way for me to learn computer architecture from the ground up.
+
+See `pipeline.grphml` for a yEd diagram of what this whole thing looks like.
+
+Is it any good?
+---------------
+
+Not yet, really. It's a work in progress - the Fetch and ICache modules seem to be working and are tested. The decode stage is in progress, the rest is planned.