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MIPS Assembly Language Programming
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To introduce your Assembly Language programming students to the fundamental
concepts of contemporary computer architecture, start with a Reduced Instruction
Set Computer (RISC).

When students first encounter computer architecture, they need to begin with the
basics of modern computer organization. The MIPS architecture embodies the
fundamental design principles of all contemporary RISC architectures:

* All instructions are directly executed in hardware
* The rate at which instructions are issued is maximized
* Instructions are easy to decode
* Only load and store instructions reference memory
* Plenty of general purpose registers are provided (32 for MIPS)

MIPS Assembly Language Programming offers students an understanding of how the
functional components of modern computers are put together and how a computer
works at the machine-language level. The book begins with a datapath diagram
that shows a simple implementation of the MIPS architecture, consisting of a
register file, an ALU, a memory. a program counter, and an instruction register.
As students progress through the text, they will elaborate on this established
datapath diagram model, allowing them to visualize how the instructions are
fetched and executed as they write their programs.

The Spim simulator for the MIPS architecture runs on PC's and Unix® systems. All
the programming exercises are done using this simulator, which can be downloaded
for free from the Internet. Using the MIPS simulator allows students to observe
the contents of the registers and memorychange as their programs execute. The
students are not isolated by a particular operating system from experiencing and
writing code dealing with:

* Memory-mapped I/0
* Interrupts and exception processing
* Delayed loads and delayed branches for a pipelined implementation

It is assumed that students using this text already have some experience in
developing algorithms, and running programs in a high-level language. The skills
they will learn with MIPS Assembly Language Programming offer a sound basis for
advanced work in computer architectures and complex assembly languages.


Table of Contents
Ch. 1 The MIPS Architecture 1
Ch. 2 Algorithm Development in Pseudocode 11
Ch. 3 Number Systems 24
Ch. 4 PCSpim, The MIPS Simulator 35
Ch. 5 Efficient Algorithm Development 44
Ch. 6 Function Calls Using the Stack 57
Ch. 7 Reentrant Functions 67
Ch. 8 Memory-Mapped I/O 73
Ch. 9 Exceptions and Interrupts 79
Ch. 10 A Pipelined Implementation 89
Ch. 11 Floating-Point Instructions 98
App. A: Quick Reference 110
App. B ASCII Codes 114
App. C Integer Instruction Set 115
App. D Macro Instructions 130
App. E A Modified Trap Handler 135
App. F Floating-Point Instruction Set 138

Product Details

* ISBN: 0131420445
* ISBN-13: 9780131420441
* Format: Textbook Paperback, 168pp
* Publisher: Prentice Hall
* Pub. Date: April 2003

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