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Homework Grading Policy
Each assignment		0 to 20 points
Objective (Does it worked as it should?)		15 points
Subjective (Do I like it?)		5 points
Exams and Assignments
	Exam 1	Exam 2	Homework
% of Grade	30%	40%	30%
Dates			Various
Text
Assembly Language For Intel-Based Computers, Third Edition, Irvine, 1999
Room and Time

Special Dates
No class: Monday, January 18; Spring Break: March 1-6	Drop Date: Monday, March 22

Attendance I recommend that you attend every class. Those who attend class have a better chance of passing the course.

Late Program Policy You may hand in a program up to 24 hours late. You lose 1 point off the grade for every 6 hours. Programs are due at the START of class. You may hand in a program up to 1 week late, I will start the grading for very late programs at 10 points (50%).

Working Together on Programs is NOT ALLOWED. There is a large difference between discussing general aspects of Assembler and discussing specific aspects of a program. Do not discuss your solution of a problem with others. Programs that are too similar will not be graded. Do not plagarize any programs from anywhere. A second occurrence will earn an F in the course.

Course Content

• Computer Systems Organization
  • Multilevel Computers
  • A Brief History of Computation
  • Processors
    • Cache
    • Pipelining
    • Superscalar
    • Branch Prediction
  • Memory
  • Input/Output
• The Conventional Machine Level (CML)
  • Number Representation and Bases
    • Binary numbers
    • Hexadecimal numbers
    • Negative numbers
      • Signed Magnitude
      • Two's Complement
      • Excess Notation
    • Converting between bases
      • Division Algorithm
      • Multiplication Algorithm
    • Compliment Arithmetic
  • Error correcting codes
  • Character Representation
  • DOS/BIOS Interrupts
• Assembly Language Programming
  • The Debugging Process
  • Registers, Basic Instructions
  • Screen and Keyboard Operations
  • Addressing Modes, Procedures
  • Call/Return using the stack
  • Parameter Passing using the stack
  • Arrays
  • Hard-disk access
  • File access
• The Conventional Machine Level (Continued)
  • Instruction Formats
  • Floating Point Numbers