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Assembly instruction sets compared: ARM, MIPS, x86, x86-64, PowerPC and RISC-V

CYB403 · Principles of Computer Systems — Week 10 of 16

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Week10 of 16
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This week’s topics

Assembly instruction sets compared: ARM, MIPS, x86, x86-64, PowerPC and RISC-V

  1. Assembly instruction sets compared: ARM, MIPS, x86, x86-64, PowerPC and RISC-V
  2. Registers, memory addressing and the stack

What you will be able to do

  • 5.2 Explain the different assembly languages that exist and evaluate their differences.

Activity

Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: explain the different assembly languages that exist and evaluate their differences.

Study materials

Further resources

  • The Elements of Computing Systems, ch. 4: Machine Language · PDF · Nisan & Schocken, The Elements of Computing Systems 2e, ch. 4 (2nd ed.): what machine and assembly language look like and why they are used; 22 pp. · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Computer components: CPU, memory, buses, input/output devic…
  • Week 2: How components work together: the fetch-execute cycle, buse…
  • Week 3: Memory: the Von Neumann model, registers, cache, RAM and RO…
  • Week 4: Principles of state machines: finite state machines, Mealy …
  • Week 5: Implementing state machines in Python and Verilog
  • Week 6: Information representation: binary, decimal and hexadecimal…
  • Week 7: Logic gates and circuits: transistors as switches, half-add…
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Machine code, assembly and high-level languages: abstractio…
  • Week 10: Assembly instruction sets compared: ARM, MIPS, x86, x86-64,…
  • Week 11: Programming in ARM assembly: essential instructions, contro…
  • Week 12: Applying Principles of Computer Systems in practice: case s…
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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