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Thoroughly revised and updated throughout, the Second Edition of Introduction to 80x86 Assembly Language and Computer Architecture provides students with a clear and concise introduction to the inner workings of the computer, and their many levels and functions. Through introducing real instruction sets and writing real assembly language programs, students will become acquainted with the basics of computer architecture. The Second Edition now includes the use of the Microsoft Visual Studio environment, which is widely available to students and professionals, and provides a robust environment for editing, assembling, debugging, and executing problems. The text continues to emphasize basic architecture, not just the 80x86 line, and now includes 64-bit operations but is still appropriate for those working with 32-bit computers. Programmers are expected to program effectively at any level. Ensure students are up-to-speed with Introduction to 80x86 Assembly Language and Computer Architecture, Second Edition.

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"Excellent technical resource for assembly language" - by Justin on 20-APR-2013
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This book is one of the best technical books I've read. If you are interested in how computers work at the lowest levels, this book is for you. It begins with an excellent treatment of binary and hexadecimal number conversion and memory management. Then it goes into x86 assembly language and shows you how to write some non-trivial programs in assembly. One of the coolest features is that it uses Visual Studio to run the examples so you can watch the values in memory change as you step through the program. All-in-all a great introduction to assembly language. Includes code for 32 and 64-bit processors.
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