Thread: Assembly Language Intro

Introduction to Assembly Language

general

• history
• comparison of assembly and high level languages
• nature of assembly language

kinds of processors

• complex instruction set computers (CISC)
• reduced instruction set computers (RISC)
• hybrid processors
• special purpose processors
• hypothetical processors
  
  
  
  data representation
• size
• endian
• number representations
• integer representations
  
  • sign magnitude
  • one’s complement
  • two’s complement
  • unsigned
  • floating point representations
• address space
• register set
• accumulators
• data registers
• address registers
• general purpose registers
• constant registers
• floating point registers
• index registers
• base registers
• control registers
• program counter (location counter)
• processor flags
• result flags
• control flags
  
• stack pointer
• subroutine return pointer
  
• address modes
• absolute address
• immediate data
• inherent address
• register direct
• register indirect
• address register indirect
• address register indirect with postincrement
• address register indirect with predecrement
• address register indirect with preincrement
• address register indirect with postdecrement
• address register indirect with displacement
• register indirect with index register
• address register indirect with index register
• address register indirect with index register and displacement
• absolute address with index register
• memory indirect
• memory indirect post indexed
• memory indirect pre indexed
• program counter indirect
• program counter indirect with displacement
• program counter indirect with index and displacement
• program counter memory indirect postindexed
• program counter memory indirect preindexed
• executable instructions
• data movement
• address movement
• integer arithmetic
• floating arithmetic
• binary coded decimal
• advanced math
• data conversion
• logical
• shift and rotate
• bit manipulation
• character and string
• table operations
• high level language support
• assembly/high level language interface
• program control
• condition codes
• input/output
• MIX devices
• system control
• coprocessor and multiprocessor
• trap generating
• further reading: books on assembly language
• general
• Motorola 680x0
• Motorola 68300
• IBM System 360/370
• DEC VAX
• related software
• further reading: websites
• general
• Motorola 680x0
• other