Principles of Computer Organization and Assembly Language

Book Description Today’s incoming students are more likely to be exposed to Java than ever before. Focusing on a modern architecture (the Java Virtual Machine, or JVM), this text provides a thorough treatment of the principles of computer organization in the context of today’s portable computer. Students are given simple but realistic examples to gain a complete understanding of how computation works on such a machine. Juola makes the material useful and relevant in a course that is often difficult for second-year CS students.
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Content

Part I the First: Imaginary Computers
Chapter 1. Computation and Representation
Chapter 2. Arithmetic Expressions
Chapter 3. Assembly Language Programming in jasmin
Chapter 4. Control Structures

Part II the Second: Real Computers
Chapter 5. General Architecture Issues: Real Computers
Chapter 6. The Intel 8088
Chapter 7. The Power Architecture
Chapter 8. The Intel Pentium
Chapter 9. Microcontrollers: The Atmel AVR
Chapter 10. Advanced Programming Topics on the JVM