Introduction to RISC Assembly Language Programming

 This is a straightforward text on RISC assembly language programming for MIPS computers - the microprocessor gaining popularity due to its compact and elegant instruction set. Enabling students to understand the internal working of a computer, courses in RISC are an increasingly popular option in assembly language programming.

1. Introduction.
2. Essential background information.
3. MIPS computer organization.
4. An example MIPS program.
5. Control flow structures.
6. Addressing modes.
7. Logical, shift and rotate instructions.
8. Stacks and procedures. 
A. MIPS programming exams.
B. MIPS/SPIM instruction quick reference.
C. MIPS/SPIM instruction reference.

• Enables students to understand more about the internal working of a computer.
• Assumes no prior knowledge.
• Comes with an accompanying automatic program testing system.
• Accompanied by an SPIM simulator this text allows students to learn the basics without the need for a MIPS computer.
• Based on the MIPS/RISC system.
• Compatible with the freely available XSPIM simulator.
  

Dr. John Waldron has been a lecturer at Dublin City University since 1991. His first book, The Langevin Equation (with WT Coffey and Yu P Kalmykov) was published in 1996.