Windows(R) 64-bit Assembly Language Programming Quick Start: Intel(R) X86-64, SSE, AVX

by Robert Dunne

Overview

Windows^(R) 64-bit Assembly Language Programming Quick Start is a complete tutorial using the free Community Edition of Microsoft^(R) Visual Studio 17 to introduce the novice to the Intel^(R) X86-64 architecture and the Windows X64 Calling Convention.

• With Microsoft^(R) Visual Studio 17, assembly language programs can be built using either its Integrated Development Environment (IDE) or using its ML64 assembler directly in a traditional command line approach. Both techniques are presented in this book, and each has its own merits for gaining a deeper understanding of computer software and hardware. The assistance provided by Visual Studio's interactive debugger is immense not only for developing real programs but also learning how the CPU instructions work.
• Programmers learn by example and develop their skills by examining and modifying working programs. Every sample program is complete, but leaves room for enhancements and experimentation encouraged by the questions at the end of each chapter. All are available for download through GitHub.
• The sample programs, ranging from five to over one hundred lines of code, are extensively documented in both flowcharts and comments. Over seventy illustrations are included to explain programming techniques as well as X86, SSE, and AVX instructions. CPU instructions are introduced as needed to achieve programming goals as the projects in each chapter progress to the next.

• This is not a book that has been modified or migrates from a 32-bit or 16-bit perspective, but starts right in with 64-bit programming and only refers to past approaches when necessary to explain seemingly unnatural conventions and names.
• Topics like binary and hexadecimal are introduced through programming examples as well as appearing in appendices.
• The examples in this book have been "classroom tested" with students having very little, if any, previous programming experience. The information is complete, allowing it to be used as an independent study.

Learning computer hardware and software architectures through hands-on assembly language programming experience helps develop well-rounded programmers and computer engineers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780970112460
Publisher:	Gaul Communications
Publication date:	07/31/2018
Pages:	194
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.41(d)

Table of Contents

1 The Calculator

2 Compile, Link, Execute

3 Hello World

4 Loops and Branches

5 Macros and Subroutines

6 Link & Lib

7 Binary & Hexadecimal

8 Decimal & More

9 Arrays & Strings

10 Parallel Logic

11 SSE & AVX

12 Floating Point

13 IDE & C++

Conclusion

Appendix A: Microsoft Visual Studio

Appendix B: Windows Command Processor

Appendix C: List of Instructions

Appendix D: X64 Calling Convention

Appendix E: Windows Function Calls

Appendix F: ASCII

Appendix G: Binary Numbers

Appendix H: Hexadecimal Numbers

Answers to Selected Questions