Assembly Language for x86 Processors
by Kip R. Irvine
8th Edition
Publisher: Pearson
Book Details
| Print ISBN | 9780136681649 |
| eText ISBN | 9780135381793 |
| Publisher | Pearson |
| Publishing Year | 2020 |
| Edition | 8th Edition |
| Language | English |
Assembly Language for x86 Processors, 8th Edition, is an academic textbook that teaches machine-level programming and debugging. The volume demonstrates top-down program design techniques for both 32-bit and 64-bit Intel and Windows platforms.
The text examines fundamental x86 and x86-64 processor architectures, highlighting structural differences and operand behaviors. Primary subjects include data transfers, integer arithmetic, procedure definitions, and conditional processing structures such as finite-state machines.
Designed for courses in assembly language programming, computer systems, and computer architecture, the book incorporates the Irvine32 library to help students practice building and linking modular programs.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Basic Concepts
- • 1.1 Welcome to Assembly Language
- • 1.2 Virtual Machine Concept
- • 1.3 Data Representation
- • 1.4 Boolean Expressions
- • 1.5 Chapter Summary
- • 1.6 Key Terms
- • 1.7 Review Questions and Exercises
Chapter 2: x86 Processor Architecture
- • 2.1 General Concepts
- • 2.2 32-Bit x86 Processors
- • 2.3 64-Bit x86-64 Processors
- • 2.4 Components of a Typical x86 Computer
- • 2.5 Input-Output System
- • 2.6 Chapter Summary
- • 2.7 Key Terms
- • 2.8 Review Questions
Chapter 4: Assembly Language Fundamentals
- • 3.1 Basic Language Elements
- • 3.2 Example: Adding and Subtracting Integers
- • 3.3 Assembling, Linking, and Running Programs
- • 3.4 Defining Data
- • 3.5 Symbolic Constants
- • 3.6 64-Bit Programming
- • 3.7 Chapter Summary
- • 3.8 Key Terms
- • 3.9 Review Questions and Exercises
- • 3.10 Programming Exercises
Chapter 5: Data Transfers, Addressing, and Arithmetic
- • 4.1 Data Transfer Instructions
- • 4.2 Addition and Subtraction
- • 4.3 Data-Related Operators and Directives
- • 4.4 Indirect Addressing
- • 4.5 JMP and LOOP Instructions
- • 4.6 64-Bit Programming
- • 4.7 Chapter Summary
- • 4.8 Key Terms
- • 4.9 Review Questions and Exercises
- • 4.10 Programming Exercises
Chapter 6: Procedures
- • 5.1 Stack Operations
- • 5.2 Defining and Using Procedures
- • 5.3 Linking to an External Library
- • 5.4 The Irvine32 Library
- • 5.5 64-Bit Assembly Programming
- • 5.6 Chapter Summary
- • 5.7 Key Terms
- • 5.8 Review Questions and Exercises
- • 5.9 Programming Exercises
Chapter 7: Conditional Processing
- • 6.1 Boolean and Comparison Instructions
- • 6.2 Conditional Jumps
- • 6.3 Conditional Loop Instructions
- • 6.4 Conditional Structures
- • 6.5 Application: Finite-State Machines
- • 6.6 Conditional Control Flow Directives (Optional Topic)
- • 6.7 Chapter Summary
- • 6.8 Key Terms
- • 6.9 Review Questions and Exercises
- • 6.10 Programming Exercises
Chapter 8: Integer Arithmetic
- • 7.1 Shift and Rotate Instructions
- • 7.2 Shift and Rotate Applications
- • 7.3 Multiplication and Division Instructions
- • 7.4 Extended Addition and Subtraction
- • 7.5 ASCII and Unpacked Decimal Arithmetic
- • 7.6 Packed Decimal Arithmetic
- • 7.7 Chapter Summary
- • 7.8 Key Terms
- • 7.9 Review Questions and Exercises
- • 7.10 Programming Exercises
Chapter 9: Advanced Procedures
- • 8.1 Introduction
- • 8.2 Stack Frames
- • 8.3 Recursion
- • 8.4 INVOKE, ADDR, PROC, and PROTO
- • 8.5 Creating Multimodule Programs
- • 8.6 Advanced Use of Parameters (Optional Topic)
- • 8.7 Java Bytecodes (Optional Topic)
- • 8.8 Chapter Summary
- • 8.9 Key Terms
- • 8.10 Review Questions and Exercises
- • 8.11 Programming Exercises
Chapter 10: Strings and Arrays
- • 9.1 Introduction
- • 9.2 String Primitive Instructions
- • 9.3 Selected String Procedures
- • 9.4 Two-Dimensional Arrays
- • 9.5 Searching and Sorting Integer Arrays
- • 9.6 Java Bytecodes: String Processing (Optional Topic)
- • 9.7 Chapter Summary
- • 9.8 Key Terms and Instructions
- • 9.9 Review Questions and Exercises
- • 9.10 Programming Exercises
Chapter 11: Structures and Macros
- • 10.1 Structures
- • 10.2 Macros
- • 10.3 Conditional-Assembly Directives
- • 10.4 Defining Repeat Blocks
- • 10.5 Chapter Summary
- • 10.6 Key Terms
- • 10.7 Review Questions and Exercises
- • 10.8 Programming Exercises
Chapter 12: MS-Windows Programming
- • 11.1 Win32 Console Programming
- • 11.2 Writing a Graphical Windows Application
- • 11.3 Dynamic Memory Allocation
- • 11.4 32-bit x86 Memory Management
- • 11.5 Chapter Summary
- • 11.6 Key Terms
- • 11.7 Review Questions and Exercises
- • 11.8 Programming Exercises
Chapter 13: Floating-Point Processing and Instruction Encoding
- • 12.1 Floating-Point Binary Representation
- • 12.2 Floating-Point Unit
- • 12.3 x86 Instruction Encoding
- • 12.4 Chapter Summary
- • 12.5 Key Terms
- • 12.6 Review Questions and Exercises
- • 12.7 Programming Exercises
Chapter 14: High-Level Language Interface
- • 13.1 Introduction
- • 13.2 Inline Assembly Code
- • 13.3 Linking 32-Bit Assembly Language Code to C/C++
- • 13.4 Chapter Summary
- • 13.5 Key Terms
- • 13.6 Review Questions
- • 13.7 Programming Exercises
Chapter 15: 16-Bit MS-DOS Programming
- • 14.1 MS-DOS and the IBM-PC
- • 14.2 MS-DOS Function Calls (INT 21h)
- • 14.3 Standard MS-DOS File I/O Services
- • 14.4 Chapter Summary
- • 14.5 Programming Exercises 14.35
Chapter 16: Disk Fundamentals
- • 15.1 Disk Storage Systems
- • 15.2 File Systems
- • 15.3 Disk Directory
- • 15.4 Reading and Writing Disk Sectors
- • 15.5 System-Level File Functions
- • 15.6 Chapter Summary
- • 15.7 Programming Exercises
Chapter 17: BIOS-Level Programming
- • 16.2 Keyboard Input with INT 16h
- • 16.3 Video Programming with INT 10h
- • 16.4 Drawing Graphics Using INT 10h
- • 16.5 Memory-Mapped Graphics
- • 16.6 Mouse Programming
- • 16.7 Chapter Summary
- • 16.8 Programming Exercises
Chapter 1: Appendix A: MASM Reference
Chapter 2: Appendix B: The x86 Instruction Set
Chapter 3: Appendix C: BIOS and MS-DOS Interrupts D.1
Chapter 4: Appendix D: Answers to Review Questions (Chapters 14-16) E.1
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