Microprocessor and Assembly Language

What you’ll study

Introduction to microprocessors: the evolution of microprocessors, an overview of microcomputer structure and operation, an introduction to RISC and CISC processors. The 8086 microprocessor: architecture, registers and other components of the 8086 system, the 8086 instruction set, addressing modes, system connections, timing and troubleshooting, 8086 interrupts and interrupt applications, the architecture of the 8259A priority interrupt controller, higher versions of the 8086. Assembly language programming: writing programs for use with an assembler, assembly-language program development tools, implementing standard program structures in x86 (8086, i386 and Pentium) assembly language, testing and debugging an assembly-language program, processing strings, macros and procedures, assembler directives.