CS611
Assembly Language Programming and Machine Organization
Outline

1. C programming
   • pointers
   • bitwise operators
   • stdio library

2. Representation of data
   • characters: ASCII, Unicode
   • integers: 2's complement
   • floating point: IEEE formats

3. Representation of programs
   • examples: Compaq Alpha, Java Virtual Machine

4. Basic computer architecture
   • CPU, registers, instruction set
   • bus, memory, I/O
   • exceptions, interrupts
   • I/O devices, I/O controllers
   • memory cache
   • virtual memory

5. Assembly language programming
   • assembler directives
   • stack frames
   • register conventions

6. System software
   • assemblers
   • linkers
   • debuggers

7. Advanced topics
   • threads
   • file system implementation

Comments and questions should be directed to pjh@cs.unh.edu