The MIPS ISA does not have a machine instruction for the mov (move from one register to another). Instead, the assembler will utilize the addu (add unsigned) instruction and the register.In computer science, the MIPS (Microprocessor without Interlocked Pipelined Stages) is a reduced instruction set computer (RISC) instruction set architecture (ISA) that is popularly utilized in embedded systems such as routers and DSL modems, as well as in some home entertainment equipment.The MIPS architecture comprises three distinct generations that have been released since the first version was unveiled in 1985. The assembler's directive "move $t0, $t1" would typically be implemented using the addu (add unsigned) instruction, with $0 as the source register and $t1 as the destination register. In order to prevent any changes to the values of $0 or $t1, they are specified as operands of the addu instruction.Here, the register $t1, which contains the value that we want to move, is selected as the source operand, whereas the register $t0, which will receive the value, is specified as the destination operand. The assembler understands the "move" directive and knows that it should employ the addu instruction to achieve the same result.The addu instruction is utilized instead of the move instruction because it saves one opcode in the MIPS instruction set. Because MIPS is a RISC architecture, its instruction set was designed to be as straightforward as possible. So, the move instruction was deliberately omitted in order to reduce the number of instructions in the instruction set.