Modern X86 Assembly Language Programming
32-bit, 64-bit, SSE, and AVX
Published on 25. November 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
XXV, 700 pages
978-1-4842-0065-0 (ISBN)
Description
Modern X86 Assembly Language Programming shows the fundamentals of x86 assembly language programming. It focuses on the aspects of the x86 instruction set that are most relevant to application software development. The book's structure and sample code are designed to help the reader quickly understand x86 assembly language programming and the computational capabilities of the x86 platform.
Please note: Book appendixes can be downloaded here: http://www.apress.com/9781484200650
Major topics of the book include the following:
- 32-bit core architecture, data types, internal registers, memory addressing modes, and the basic instruction set
- X87 core architecture, register stack, special purpose registers, floating-point encodings, and instruction set
- MMX technology and instruction set
- Streaming SIMD extensions (SSE) and Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX) including internal registers, packed integer arithmetic, packed and scalar floating-point arithmetic, and associated instruction sets
- 64-bit core architecture, data types, internal registers, memory addressing modes, and the basic instruction set
- 64-bit extensions to SSE and AVX technologies
- X86 assembly language optimization strategies and techniques
More details
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
Berkeley
United States
Publishing group
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Popular/general
Illustrations
125 s/w Abbildungen
125 Illustrations, black and white; XXV, 700 p. 125 illus.
Dimensions
Height: 22.9 cm
Width: 15.2 cm
Weight
9947 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4842-0065-0 (9781484200650)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4842-0064-3
Schweitzer Classification
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Person
Daniel Kusswurm has over 30 years of professional experience as a software developer and computer scientist. During his career, he has developed innovative software for medical devices, scientific instruments, and image processing applications. On most of these projects, he successfully employed x86 assembly language to significantly improve the performance of computationally-intense algorithms or solve unique programming challenges. His educational background includes a BS in Electrical Engineering Technology along with an MS and PhD in Computer Science.
Content
Preface/foreword1: X86-32 Core Architecture2: X86-32 Core Architecture Programming3: X87 Floating Point Unit4: X87 Floating Point Unit Programming5: MMX Technology6: MMX Programming7: Streaming SIMD Extensions (SSE)8: X86-SSE Programming - Scalar Floating-Point9: X86-SSE Programming - Packed Floating-Point10: X86-SSE Programming - Packed Integers11: X86-SSE Programming - Text Strings12: Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)13: X86-AVX Programming - Scalar Floating-Point14: X86-AVX Programming - Packed Floating-Point15: X86-AVX Programming - Packed Integers16: X86-AVX Programming - New Instructions17: X86-64 Core Architecture18: X86-64 Core Architecture Programming19: X86-64 SIMD Architecture20: X86-64 SIMD Programming21: Advanced Topics and Optimization Techniques22: Advanced Topics Programming