MultiASM - The Purple Book - Programming in Assembler Coursebook

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• Authors
• Preface
• Project Information
• Introduction
• Computer Architectures
  • Overall View on Computer Architecture: Processor, Memory, IO, Buses
  • Von Neumann vs Harvard Architectures, Mixed Architectures
  • CISC, RISC
  • Components of Processor: Registers, ALU, Bus Control, Instruction Decoder
  • Processor Taxonomies, SISD, SIMD, MIMD
  • Memory, Types and Their Functions
  • Peripherals
  • Instruction Execution Process
  • Modern Processors: Cache, Pipeline, Superscalar, Branch Prediction, Hyperthreading
  • Fundamentals of Addressing Modes
  • Fundamentals of Data Encoding, Big Endian, Little Endian
  • Interrupt Controller, Interrupts
  • DMA
• Programming in Assembler for IoT and Embedded Systems
  • Evolution of the Hardware
  • Specific Elements of AVR Architecture
  • Registers
  • Data Types and Encoding
  • Addressing Modes
  • Instruction Encoding
  • Instruction Set
  • Best Practices on Structural Programming
  • 3 Levels of Programming: C++, Libraries, Assembler
  • Software Tools for AVR
  • Hardware Debugging
  • Energy Efficiency
• Programming in Assembler for Mobiles and ARM
  • Overview of ARM and Mobile Device Architecture
  • ARM Assembly Language Specifics
  • Registers
  • Data Types and Encoding
  • Addressing Modes
  • Basic Instructions and Operations
  • Procedures and Functions Call Standards
  • Compatibility for Compilers and OSes
  • Peripheral Management in RPi
  • Advanced Assembly Programming
  • Vectorisation
  • Assembly Code Optimisation
  • Energy Efficient Coding
• Programming in Assembler for PC
  • Evolution of x86 Processors
  • Specific Elements of the x86 and x64 Architectures
  • Register Set
  • Data Types and Encoding
  • Addressing Modes in Instructions
  • Principles of Instructions Encoding
  • Instruction Set of x86 - Essentials
  • Procedures, Functions and Calls in Windows and Linux
  • Compatibility with HLL Compilers (C++, C#) and Operating Systems
  • FPU
  • MMX, SSE and AVX extensions
  • MASM basics
  • Macros
  • Energy Efficient Programming
  • Optimisation