Springer.Introduction.to.Assembly.Language.Programming.For.Pentium.and.RISC.Processors.With.75.Illustrations.2005.pdf

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asm Pentium RISC The objective of this book is to introduce assembly language programming. Assembly language is very closely linked to the underlying processor architecture and design. Popular processor designs can be broadly divided into two categories: Complex Instruction Set Computers (CISC) and Reduced Instruction Set Computers (RISC). The dominant processor in the PC market, Pentium, belongs to the CISC category. However, the recent design trend is to use the RISC designs. Some example RISC processors include the MIPS, SPARC, PowerPC, and ARM. Even Intel’s 64-bit processor Itanium is a RISC processor. Thus, both types of processors are important candidates for our study. This book covers assembly language programming of both CISC and RISC processors. We use the Intel Pentium processor as the representative of the CISC category. We have selected the Pentium processor because of its market dominance. To explore RISC assembly language, we selected the MIPS processor. The MIPS processor is appealing as it closely adheres to the RISC principles. Furthermore, the availability of the SPIM simulator allows us to use a Pentium-based PC to learn MIPS assembly language. New in the Second Edition The second edition has been substantially revised to reflect the changes that have taken place since the publication of the first edition. The major changes are listed below: . We introduced RISC assembly language programming so that the reader can benefit from learning both CISC and RISC assembly languages. As mentioned before, Pentium and MIPS processors are used to cover CISC and RISC processors. . The first edition used MASM/TASM assemblers. In this edition, we use the NASM assembler. The syntax of NASM is slightly different from that of MASM/TASM assemblers. The advantage is that NASM is free! Another advantage is that it works with both MicrosoftWindows and Linux operating systems. . Consistent with our shift to NASM, we moved away from DOS to Linux. Since NASM is available for Windows and Linux, most of the programs in this book can be used with either Windows or Linux. However, we clearly indicate our preference to Linux. This preference is exposed in chapters like “High-Level Language Interface” that deal with mixed-mode programming involving C and assembly language. For example, in Chapter 17, we use the GNU C compiler (gcc) rather than the Microsoft or Borland C compiler. Similarly, in Appendix C we use the GNU debugger (gdb) to explore the debugging process. . The “Basic Computer Organization” chapter (Chapter 2) has been completely rewritten to give a general background on computer organization. The Pentium processor details are moved to a new chapter (Chapter 4). . A completely new chapter has been added to discuss Pentium’s protected mode interrupt processing. . We have added a new chapter on recursion. This chapter discusses how we can implement recursive procedures in the Pentium and MIPS assembly languages. . We have augmented the Pentium assembly language programming by describing its floating-point instructions. This entire chapter is new in this edition. In addition to these major changes, all chapters have gone through extensive revision. Some chapters have been reorganized to eliminate the duplication present in the first edition.