Assembly Programming

1. COMPUTER ORGANIZATION
& ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE
LECTURE # 2
BY MUHAMMAD JAFER
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2. CONCEPTS
• Numbering & Coding System
• Decimal to Binary Conversion
• Binary to Decimal Conversion
• Binary to Hex Conversion
• Hex to Binary Conversion
• 2’s Compliment
• Additions
• Subtractions
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3. DIGITAL PRIMERS
• AND Gate
• OR Gate
• Inverter
• XOR
• NAND
• NOR
• Decoder
• Flip-Flop
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4. IMPORTANT TERMINOLOGY
• Bit
• Byte
• Nibble
• Word
• X86
• X64
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5. PROCESSOR MEMORY DESIGN
• Why need memory in processor
• Stack Design Processor
• Accumulator Design Processor
• Register-Memory Design Processor
• Register-Register Design Processor
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6. INSIDE CPU
• ALU
• Program Counter
• IP (IBM)
• Instruction Pointer
• Instruction Decoder
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7. INTERNAL WORKING OF
COMPUTERS
• ALU
• Program Counter
• IP (IBM)
• Instruction Pointer
• Instruction Decoder
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8. ASSIGNMENT # 1
• History of computers with respect to Computer
Architecture & Organization
• References
• Chapter 2 of Computer Organization & Design by
William Stallings
• Chapter 1 of Fundamental of Computer Organization &
Architecture by Mustafa ABD-EL-BARR & HESHAM EL-
RIWINI
• Relevant Internet references.
• Do not copy their statements. Write your own.
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9. PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT
• Factors
• Speed of Processor (Not only)
• Instruction Set
• Choice of Programming Language
• Efficiency of Compiler
• Coding skill of programmer
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10. CHAPTER REVIEW
• Fundamentals of Computer Organization and
Architecture by Mostafa Abd-Al-Barr & Hesham
AlRewini
• Chapter # 1
• Historical Background
• Architectural Development Style
• Technological Development
• Performance Measures
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