Advanced Assembly Languages

• 26 hrs lectures
• 16 hrs pc labs
• 10 hrs projects

• 60 pts final exam (50 pts written part, 10 pts test part, 40 pts oral part)
• 16 pts numeric exercises
• 24 pts projects

To give the students better knowledge of developing of more complex low-applications. To teach them how to use the multimedia extension instructions of the Intel processors (MMX, SSE and AVX). To teach them basic principles of the protected mode, programming in the protected mode and use of the low-level API. To introduce the 64-bit processors. To introduce them assembler of the ARM and its vector extension NEON.
Basic principles of the protected mode of the IA-32 architecture. Development of the applications using the MMX, SSE and AVX instructions. Low level programming of libraries and applications. Programming in the ARM assembler.

This course aims at low level programming necessary to optimize code or in case of OS programming to be able to use processor specific instructions that are not available in high level programming languages. Optimizations in assembler enable programmers to keep complete control of the resulting code (its size and/or effectivity).

Basic knowledge of the assembly language of x86 processor family and C language is necessary. Student has to be able to work with the NASM.

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1. AMD/Intel x86-64 processor acrhitecture.
2. Extensions and SIMD technologies of processors - MMX.
3. Extensions and SIMD technologies of processors - SSE.
4. Extensions and SIMD technologies of processors - AVX.
5. MMX, SSE and AVX applications.
6. Architecture and assembler of the ARM processors.
7. NEON technology of the ARM processors.
8. ARM programming - emulation, embedded devices.
9. Protected mode of the IA-32 and x86-64 processors - registers, instructions and memory models.
10. Protected mode of the IA-32 and x86-64 processors - basic data structures, memory management.
11. Protected mode of the IA-32 and x86-64 processors - principles of the data and code protection.
12. Protected mode of the IA-32 and x86-64 processors - task management.
13. Optimizations of applications in assembler.

1. Development and use of the DLL libraries.
2. Win32 API - console application.
3. Win32 API - window-based application.
4. Win32 API - applications using OpenGL.
5. Application of the MMX extension.
6. Application of the SSE technology.
7. Code optimization.

1. Individual project: development of a simple application in 32/64bit protected mode using Win32 API, MMX extension and/or SSE or AVX technology, OpenGL.

• Work in laboratory.
• Evaluated project.

Work in laboratory and evaluated project are monitored and given points for. Missed labs caused by a valid proved reason (health issues or other valid reasons) will be compensated by an appropriate homework.