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Summary
Summary
The predominant language used in embedded microprocessors, assembly language lets you write programs that are typically faster and more compact than programs written in a high-level language and provide greater control over the program applications. Focusing on the languages used in X86 microprocessors, X86 Assembly Language and C Fundamentals explains how to write programs in the X86 assembly language, the C programming language, and X86 assembly language modules embedded in a C program. A wealth of program design examples, including the complete code and outputs, help you grasp the concepts more easily. Where needed, the book also details the theory behind the design.
Learn the X86 Microprocessor Architecture and Commonly Used Instructions
Assembly language programming requires knowledge of number representations, as well as the architecture of the computer on which the language is being used. After covering the binary, octal, decimal, and hexadecimal number systems, the book presents the general architecture of the X86 microprocessor, individual addressing modes, stack operations, procedures, arrays, macros, and input/output operations. It highlights the most commonly used X86 assembly language instructions, including data transfer, branching and looping, logic, shift and rotate, and string instructions, as well as fixed-point, binary-coded decimal (BCD), and floating-point arithmetic instructions.
Get a Solid Foundation in a Language Commonly Used in Digital Hardware
Written for students in computer science and electrical, computer, and software engineering, the book assumes a basic background in C programming, digital logic design, and computer architecture. Designed as a tutorial, this comprehensive and self-contained text offers a solid foundation in assembly language for anyone working with the design of digital hardware.
Author Notes
Joseph Cavanagh is an adjunct professor in the computer engineering department at Santa Clara University in California. He is the author of several textbooks, including Computer Arithmetic and Verilog HDL Fundamentals (2009), Digital Design and Verilog HDL Fundamentals (2008), Verilog HDL: Digital Design and Modeling (2007), and Sequential Logic: Analysis and Synthesis (2006), as well as a novel, The Computer Conspiracy.
Table of Contents
| Number Systems and Number Representations |
| X86 Processor Architecture |
| Addressing Modes |
| C Programming Fundamentals |
| Data Transfer Instructions |
| Branching and Looping Instructions |
| Stack Operations |
| Logic, Bit, Shift, and Rotate Instructions |
| Fixed-Point Arithmetic Instructions |
| Binary-Coded Decimal Arithmetic Instructions |
| Floating-Point Arithmetic Instructions |
| Procedures |
| String Instructions |
| Arrays |
| Macros |
| Interrupts and Input/Output Operations |
| Additional Programming Examples |
| ASCII Character Codes |
| Answers to Select Problems |
