Computer Organization & Assembly Language

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Instructor:                             Dr. Fakhry Kellah                             Ext: 8452                             Website:                              e-mail: fkhellah@cis.psu.edu.sa

This course is an introduction to computer organization and assembly language. It describes how computers are organized and programmed at different abstraction levels. It covers a wide range of topics in both computer hardware organization and assembly code programming. This knowledge is a key factor in preparing the student to understand how computers work in subsequent courses.

TextBook:
  1) S. Tanenbaum. Structured Computer Organization. 5th edition. Prentice Hall, 2006.
  2) Ytha Yu and Charles Marut, Assembly Language Programming and Organization of the IBM PC, MacGraw-Hill Publishing company, 1992.

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