CourseCYB403

Week11 of 16

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This week’s topics

Programming in ARM assembly: essential instructions, control flow (loops, jumps, branches) and arithmetic routines in an emulator

Basic routines in ARM assembly language

What you will be able to do

5.4 Implement basic routines in ARM assembly language.

Activity

Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: implement basic routines in ARM assembly language.

Study materials

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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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