2 Syllabus

2 Syllabus

2.1 Catalog Description

CIS250 / 3 cr. hrs./3 periods (3 lec.)
Prerequisite(s): CIS 131. Recommended: Consult instructor for alternative prerequisite(s).

2.2 Description:

Beginning assembly language programming. Includes number systems, machine organization and different addressing methods. Also includes array processing, indexing, sorting, stack parameter passing, internal and external procedures, interfacing to C function, status bits, logical and bit-level operations, protected mode instructions, and macros.

2.3 Performance Objectives

1. Define various Machine Architecture features.
2. Design, write, and debug assembly programs.
3. Use various addressing methods.
4. Illustrate understanding of internal and external procedures.
5. Convert numbers between different bases.
6. Evaluate math and logical operations using binary and hexadecimal number systems.
7. Plan solutions using array processing, indexing, and sorting.
8. Illustrate how the stack is affected by various statements and parameter passing.
9. Demonstrate I/O usage through provided function or system calls.
10. Demonstrate proficiency in above concepts through code.

2.4 Course Outline

1. Binary, Octal, Decimal, and Hexadecimal number systems
2. Machine Architecture
   1. RISC/CISC overview
   2. User model/supervisor model overview
   3. Execution (fetch/execute cycle)
   4. Memory & Memory management
   5. Instruction pipelining, cache memory
   6. Registers
   7. Status and control registers
   8. Addressing Modes
   9. Instructions
      1. Instruction coding
      2. Processor modes, user & privileged
      3. Defined, Illegal, Reserved
      4. Arithmetic
      5. Logical, Shift, Rotate
      6. Comparison
      7. Conditional and unconditional jumps
      8. Subroutine calls and returns
      9. Floating point
      10. Input/Output (I/O)
      11. Other instructions as appropriate
   10. I/O devices
   11. Boot process
3. Program design
4. The Assembler
   1. Program syntax
   2. Source creation using a text editor
   3. Translation
   4. Linking
   5. Pseudo ops
   6. Macro definition and use.
   7. Storage allocation, static and dynamic
5. The stack
   1. Parameter Passing on the Stack
   2. Calling sequences
   3. Internal and external procedures
   4. "C" language calling sequence
6. Array Processing, Indexing
7. Sorting
8. Program debugging and testing
9. Optional: performance issues
10. Optional: program profiling
11. Optional: programmer productivity issues

2.5 Course bank note

This class is expected to be taught on an Intel Pentium compatible platform on most cases. If a class is taught on a different platform various modifications to the objectives and outline might be necessary.

2.6 Textbooks

• Required:
  Please note: ALL of the required books are available on-line for free. You are welcome to use the on-line material instead of printed copies. You can use these on-line resources during tests and exams as well.  
  • Carter, Paul A.
    PC Assembly Language

    Table of contents from PC Assembly Language by Paul A. Carter

    Chapter	Chapter Title	Page
    1	Introduction	1
    2	Basic Assembly Language	27
    3	Bit Operations	47
    4	Subprograms	63
    5	Arrays	93
    6	Floating point	115
    7	Structures and C++	141
    Appendix A	80x86 Instructions	171

  • NASM Development Team
    NASM -- The Netwide Assembler
    Nasm home page

    Table of contents from NASM -- The Netwide Assembler by NASM Development Team

    Chapter	Chapter Title
    	Contents
    1	Introduction
    2	Running NASM
    3	The NASM Language
    4	The NASM Preprocessor
    5	Assembler Directives
    6	Output Formats
    7	Writing 16-bit Code (DOS, Windows 3/3.1)
    8	Writing 32-bit Code (Unix, Win32, DJGPP)
    9	Mixing 16 and 32 Bit Code
    10	Troubleshooting
    Appendix A	Ndisasm
    Appendix B	x86 Instruction Reference
    Index	Index

  • IA-32 Intel Architecture Software Developer's Manual
     
    Volume 1: Basic Architecture Provided by Intel.
  • IA-32 Intel Architecture Software Developer's Manual
    Volume 2A: Instruction Set Reference, A-M Provided by Intel.
  • IA-32 Intel Architecture Software Developer's Manual
    Volume 2A: Instruction Set Reference, N-Z Provided by Intel.

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