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		An Assembly Language Introduction to Computer Architecture: Using the Intel Pentium by Karen Miller ISBN-10: 9780195123760 ISBN-10: 0-19-512376-X ISBN-13: 9780195123760 ISBN-13: 978-0-19-512376-0 Hardcover 1999-03-18 Oxford University Press, USA Find Lowest Price
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Product Description Ideal for undergraduate courses in computer organization, assembly language programming, and computer architecture, An Assembly Language Introduction to Computer Architecture: Using the Intel Pentium introduces students to the fundamentals of computer architecture from a programmer's perspective by teaching them assembly language, the interface between hardware and software. Designed for students in computer science and engineering who have taken one high-level language programming course, it uses a top-down approach, introducing an abstract (registerless) assembly language first. This approach enables students to build on previous knowledge and allows them to write programs from the beginning of the course. Topics covered include basic computer organization, data representation, data structures, the assembly process, exception handling, and more. Examples are developed using the very popular Intel Pentium architecture; however, the concepts covered are valid with any system. This accessible text is supplemented with a helpful website (http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~smoler/x86text.html) that contains macros to use with programming tools, lecture notes to accompany the text, sample programs, and other useful items.
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Lack of good, challenging examples. I used this book as the textbook of an assembly class in college and i barely used it. The reason is not that the professor was so good, but rather, that i needed to see how the theory the book covers was applied in reality. In real life if you would have to code in assembly you'd encounter far harder elementary problems than the ones the books limits to. I would suggest not to buy it. Instead I suggest using a free book online which in my opionion - and in the opinion of a bunch of other people as well - is one of the best. The books is called The art of Assembly by Randall Hyde. Good luck.
Excellent book describing computer architecture. This book is an excellent resource on how computers work, and the theory behind their operation. The book describes, in detail, number representation, floating point operations, bitwise operations, binary mathematical operations, memory layout, cpu operations, registers, and more. This book's primary focus is not assembly language. Assembly language (via an abstraction called SASM) is merely used in the book to illustrate computer architechture. Those looking for an assembly language refrence should look elsewhere; Those looking for a computer architecture book should purchase this title.
How this book relates to systems programming. The book's title implies that it has lots of specifics to the Intel Pentium, which it does, but it doesn't have much IBM-PC related details (BIOS etc). It has good sections on abstract principals and maths, which is useful. If you want to write systems-code (which is what I did) then this is not the book for you. I recommend the book by Peter Abel instead, or download the (free) Intel documentation. There are also plenty of online resources. However, assembly language (in my opinion) is for doing system-level stuff - not serious coding and that is the only reason that (I think) most people would want to learn it.

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