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Course Description

This course uses the student’s knowledge of C to explore the world of IA32/x86 assembly language programming in a Linux environment. Students will examine the internal representation of data and bit-level operations. Students will examine assembly language generated by the gcc compiler to implement all common C constructs such as if-statements, loops, array and structure access, and function calls. Students will also examine basic computer hardware components and the concept of a memory hierarchy. This course uses assembly language as a tool to give students a better understanding and appreciation of the low-level workings of their code and computer. X86-64 instructions are also examined in parallel to IA32.

Course Objectives

• Demonstrate an understanding of data representation
• Demonstrate an understanding of basic computer architecture including CPU hardware and the memory hierarchy
• Read and write IA32 x86 assembly language programs
• Demonstrate the ability to translate between C source code and the resulting assembly language code and vice versa.

Course Topics

• Review of C programming environment
• Memory Addressing
• Bit level and logical operators in C
• Integer representation and arithmetic
• CPU registers
• Data movement instructions
• Arithmetic and logical operator instructions
• Instructions for control structures
• Stack frame structure and stack discipline
• Procedure calls
• Array element access
• Structure Access and data alignment
• Basic CPU hardware

Course Prerequisites

Students must have completed our C Programming 3 week Bootcamp or have equivalent training in C, or have at least one year of C programming experience. Students must have program development experience in the Linux environment.

Contact Information

E-mail Heith Hart or call (443) 692-6599 if you have any questions about this course or if you would like to be added to the interest or wait list.