Computer Architecture & Assembly Language Links

Computer Science (CSCI) Department
College of Engineering, Computer Science, & Construction Management (ECC)

Computer Architecture & Assembly Language Links

Motorola 68000:

Motorola 68000
68000 Family Assembly Language, by Alan Clements
Appendix B - 68000 instructions
Teesside 68000 cross-assembler & simulator - download
an alternative to using these command line tools is to use Easy68K
TI-89 Programming

Architecture:

Computer Organization and Design, 3rd edition, by Patterson & Hennessy
- companion website

MIPS:

MIPS
Programmed Introduction to MIPS Assembly Language, by Bradley Kjell
Introduction to RISC Assembly Language Programming, by John Waldron
SPIM - A MIPS R2000/R3000 Simulator, provided by James Larus
this CPU is (partially) what powers the Sony Playstation 2

Organizations & Publications:

ACM SIGARCH - special interest group on computer architecture
ACM SIGBED - special interest group on embedded systems
ACM SIGMICRO - microarchitecture

Other useful or interesting things:

How a transistor works, from the Intel Museum
Logism - an open source graphical tool for designing and simulating logic circuits
Great Microprocessors of the Past and Present
AMD
Intel
Silicon Zoo
RISC vs. CISC: the Post-RISC Era