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Modern Computer Architecture and Organization

By : Jim Ledin
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Modern Computer Architecture and Organization

By: Jim Ledin

Overview of this book

Are you a software developer, systems designer, or computer architecture student looking for a methodical introduction to digital device architectures but overwhelmed by their complexity? This book will help you to learn how modern computer systems work, from the lowest level of transistor switching to the macro view of collaborating multiprocessor servers. You'll gain unique insights into the internal behavior of processors that execute the code developed in high-level languages and enable you to design more efficient and scalable software systems. The book will teach you the fundamentals of computer systems including transistors, logic gates, sequential logic, and instruction operations. You will learn details of modern processor architectures and instruction sets including x86, x64, ARM, and RISC-V. You will see how to implement a RISC-V processor in a low-cost FPGA board and how to write a quantum computing program and run it on an actual quantum computer. By the end of this book, you will have a thorough understanding of modern processor and computer architectures and the future directions these architectures are likely to take.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
1
Section 1: Fundamentals of Computer Architecture
8
Section 2: Processor Architectures and Instruction Sets
14
Section 3: Applications of Computer Architecture

Answer

Install Visual Studio Community as described in the question, then install the Desktop development with C++ workload within Visual Studio Community.

Create your assembly language source file. The Ex__1_hello_x86.asm file contains the following example solution to this exercise:

.386
.model FLAT,C
.stack 400h
.code
includelib libcmt.lib
includelib legacy_stdio_definitions.lib
extern printf:near
extern exit:near
public main
main proc
    ; Print the message
    push    offset message
    call    printf
    
    ; Exit the program with status 0
    push    0
    call    exit
main endp
.data
message db "Hello, Computer Architect!",0
end

Open the x86 Native Tools Command Prompt for VS 2019 and change to the directory containing your source file.

Build the executable with this command:

ml /Fl /Zi /Zd Ex__1_hello_x86.asm

This is the output produced by the program:

C:\>Ex__1_hello_x86.exe
Hello, Computer Architect!

This is the listing file created...