COURSE DESCRIPTION: Basic concepts in computer systems including
computer structure, ... TEXTBOOK: Assembly Language for Intel-Based
Computers, 4 th.
Mathematics, Statistics & Computer Science
University of Wisconsin-Stout Jarvis Hall Science Wing 231 Menomonie, WI 54751-0790
COURSE NUMBER/TITLE:
CS-245 INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER ORGANIZATION (Previously CS-241 [354-241] Assembly Language Programming)
CREDITS:
3
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Basic concepts in computer systems including computer structure, machine language, assembly languages, addressing techniques, macros, file I/O, program segmentation and linkage. Prerequisite: CS-145 Computer Science II
TEXTBOOK:
Assembly Language for x96 Processors, 6th Ed., by Irvine (adopted Spring 12) Guide to Assembly Language Programming in Linux, 1st Ed., by Dandamudi (adopted Spring 08) Previous: Assembly Language for Intel-Based Computers, 4th Ed., by Irvine (adopted S05) Introduction to 80x86 Assembly Language, 1st Ed., by Detmer (adopted S03) Assembly Language for Intel-Based Computers, 3rd Ed., by Irvine (adopted F99) Assembly Language Programming, 2nd Ed., by Lemone (previously used)
COURSE OBJECTIVES: 1. The student shall acquire an understanding of the basic structure of computer systems at the conventional machine level. 2. The student will become fluent in assembly language programming of a modern computer system. 3. The student will gain insight into some of the elementary concepts of computer architecture. COURSE OUTLINE: 1. Computer Structure and Machine Language: Memory, control, processing and I/O units. Resisters, principal machine instruction types and their formats. Character representation, program control and program status word. Fetch-execute cycle, timing, I/O operations. 2. Assembly Language: Mnemonic operations, symbolic addressing, assembler concepts and instruction format, literals, location counter, error flags and messages, implementation of high level language constructs. 3. Addressing Techniques: Indexing, indirect addressing, absolute and relative addressing. 4. Macros: Definition, call, parameters, expansion, nesting, conditional assembly. 5. File I/O: basic characteristics of I/O and auxiliary storage devices, file control system, I/O specification statements and device handlers, data handling, including buffering and blocking. 6. Program Segmentation and Linkage: subroutines, co-routines, recursive and reentrant routines.
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