Description
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The course aims at introducing the concepts of computer organization, digital logic design, and assembly language. Students will get a view of how to write programs with a low-level language and how to translate the programs to machine codes. The course will cover the following topics:
- Basic Concepts
- IA-32 Processor Architecture
- Assembly Language Fundamentals
- Data Transfers, Addressing, and Arithmetic
- Procedures
- Conditional Processing
- Integer Arithmetic
- Advanced Procedures
- Strings and Arrays
- Structures and Macros
- High-level Language Interface
- Assembler, Linker, and Loader
- Other Advanced Topics (optional)
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Assembly Language for Intel-based Computers, 5th Edition, by Kip Irvine, Prentice-Hall, 2006
References
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Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective, by Randal E. Bryant and David R.O'Hallaron, Prentice Hall, 2002. (An introduction to a computer system from the point of view of a C programmer)
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The Art of Assembly Language, by Randy Hyde, No Starch Press, 2003. (A tutorial on all aspects of 80x86 assembly languages)
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System Software: An Introduction to Systems Programming, 3rd Edition, by Leland L. Beck, Addison Wesley, 1996.
Assignments (55%)
Class participation (5%)
Midterm Exam (20%)
Final Exam (20%)