Introduction to Assembly Language Programming

Assembly language provides the link between high-level languages and the physical operation of a computer. This book introduces assembly language programming using either Pentium or RISC processors and either DOS or Linux. It focuses on providing the reader with a firm grasp of the main features of assembly language programming and how it can be used to improve the performance of a computer system. The author's new themes for the revised edition are protected-mode Pentium programming, MIPS assembly language programming, and use of the NASM and SPIM assemblers for a Linux orientation.

Introduces assembly language programming using either Pentium or RISC processors and either DOS or Linux and adds new material on protected-mode Pentium programming, MIPS assembly language programming, and use of the NASM and SPIM assemblers for a Linux orientation Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Autorentext

Sivarama P. Dandamudi is a professor of computer science at Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, as well as associate editor responsible for computer architecture at the International Journal of Computers and Their Applications. He has more than two decades of experience teaching about computer systems and organization.

Inhalt
Overview.- Basic Computer Organization.- Pentium Assembly Language.- The Pentium Processor.- Overview of Assembly Language.- Procedures and the Stack.- Addressing Modes.- Arithmetic Flags and Instructions.- Selection and Iteration.- Logical and Bit Operations.- String Processing.- ASCII and BCD Arithmetic.- MIPS Assembly Language.- MIPS Processor.- MIPS Assembly Language.- Interrupt Processing.- Protected-Mode Interrupt Processing.- Real-Mode Interrupts.- Advanced Topics.- Recursion.- High-Level Language Interface.- Floating-Point Operations.