This course covers the learning outcomes and goals of understanding the MIPS Open architecture, its components, and benefits. Students will learn to download packages related to MIPS Open, explore virtualization and hardware multi-threading, and understand privileged management, security, and reliability aspects. The course teaches skills such as utilizing multi-threading for performance and efficiency, implementing virtualization execution mode, and leveraging SIMD features for DSP acceleration. The teaching method includes lectures and practical demonstrations. The intended audience for this course is individuals interested in computer architecture, hardware design, and embedded systems.