Advanced Assembly Languages

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

• 60 pts final exam (50 pts written part, 10 pts test 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. To teach them basic principles of the protected mode, programming in the protected mode and to use the low-level Win32 API. To introduce the 64-bit processors.
Basic principles of the protected mode of the IA-32 architecture. Development of the applications using the MMX and SSE instructions. Development of the applications in the protected mode using the Win32 API at the lowest level.

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 1, 2
4. Extensions and SIMD technologies of processors - SSE 3, 4.1, 4.2.
5. Extensions and SIMD technologies of processors - AVX.
6. MMX, SSE and AVX applications.
7. Architecture and assembler of the 32bit ARM processors.
8. Architecture and assembler of the 64bit ARM processors.
9. NEON technology of the ARM processors.
10. WebAssembly.
11. Protected mode of the IA-32 and x86-64 processors - registers, instructions and memory models, basic data structures, memory management.
12. Protected mode of the IA-32 and x86-64 processors - principles of the data and code protection.
13. Protected mode of the IA-32 and x86-64 processors - task management.

1. Development and use of the DLL libraries. Use of FPU.
2. Application of the MMX extension.
3. Application of the SSE technology.
4. Application of the SSE technology.
5. Application of the AVX technology.
6. Assembly programming for ARM processors.
7. Assembly programming for ARM processors.
8. Code analysis.

• Code optimization using MMX extensions and/or SSE or AVX technology. 

• 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.