X86 Assembly Language and C Fundamentals

by Joseph Cavanagh

Overview

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 expl

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781498759748
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	01/22/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	813
File size:	24 MB
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About the Author

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. Appendix A: ASCII Character Codes. Appendix B: Answers to Select Problems. Index.