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EEL 3801C
EEL 3801
Part III Assembly Language
Programming
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Assembly Language Programming
• The basic element of an assembly program is the statement.
• Two types of statements: • Instructions: executable statements that
actually do something. •Directive: provide information to assist the
assembler in producing executable code. For example, create storage for a variable and initialize it.
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Assembly Programming (cont’d)
– Assembly language instructions equate one-to-one to machine-level instructions, except they use a mnemonic to assist the memory.
• Program control: Control the flow of the program and what instructions to execute next (jump, goto).
• Data transfer: Transfer data to a register or to main memory.
• Arithmetic: add, subtract, multiply, divide, etc.
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Assembly Programming (cont’d)
• Logical: > < = etc.
• Input-output: read, print etc.
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Statements• A statement is composed of a name, a
mnemonic, operands and an optional comment. Their general format is as follows:[name] [mnemonic] [operand(s)]
[;comments]
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Names, labels– Name: Identifies a label for a statement
or for a variable or constant. • Can contain one or more of several characters
(see page 56 of new textbook).
• Only first 31 characters are recognized
• Case insensitive.
• First character may not be a digit.
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Names, labels• The period “.” may only be used as the first
character.
• Cannot use reserved names.
• Can be used to name variables. Such when put in front of a memory allocation directive. Can also be used to define a constant. For example:
count1 db 50 ; a variable (memory allocation directive db)
count2 equ 100 ; a constant
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Names, labels• Can be used as labels for statements to act as
place markers to indicate where to jump to. Can identify a blank line. For example:
label1: mov ax,10
mov bx,0...
label2:
jmp label1 ; jump to label1
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Mnemonics– Mnemonic: identifies an instruction or
directive. These were described above. • The mnemonics are standard keywords of the
assembly language for a particular processor. • You will become familiar with them as time
goes on this semester.
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Operands– Operands are various pieces of
information that tells the CPU what to take the action on. Operands may be a register, a variable, a memory location or an immediate value.
10 immediate valuecount variable
AX register
[0200] memory location
– Comments: Any text can be written after the statement as long as it is preceded by the “;”.
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Elements of Assembly Language for the 8086
Processor• Assembler Character Set These are used to form the names, mnemonics, operands, variables, constants, numbers etc. which are legal in 8086 assembly.
• Constant: A value that is either known or calculated at assembly time. May be a number or a string of characters. Cannot be changed at run time.
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Elements of Assembly Language… (cont.)
• Variable: A storage location that is referenced by name. A directive must be executed identifying the variable name with the location in memory.
• Integers: Numeric digits with no decimal point, followed by the radix mentioned before (e.g., d, h, o, or b). Can be signed or unsigned.
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Elements of Assembly Language… (cont.)
• Real numbers: floating point number made up of digits, a decimal point, an optional exponent, and an optional leading sign.(+ or -) digits.digits [exponential (+ or -)]
digits
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Elements of Assembly Language… (cont.)
• Characters and strings: • A character is one byte long. • Can be mapped into the binary code equivalent
through the ASCII table, and vice-versa. • May be enclosed within single or double
quotation marks. • Length of string determined by number of
characters in string, each of which is 1 byte. For example:
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Elements of Assembly Language… (cont.)
“a” – 1 byte long
‘b’ – 1 byte long
“stack overflow” – 14 bytes long
‘abc#?%%A’ – 8 bytes long
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Example of Simple Assembly Program
• The following simple program will be demonstrated and explained:mov ax,5 ; move 5h into the AX register
add ax,10 ; add 10h to the AX register
add ax,20 ; add 20h to the AX register
mov sum,ax ; store value of AX in variable
; ending the program
mov ax, 4C00H
int 21
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Example (cont.)• The result is that at the end of the
program, the variable sum, which exists somewhere in memory (declaration not shown), now accepts the value accumulated in AX, namely, 35h.
• Explain program.
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More Complex Example (cont.)
1:title Hello World Program (hello.asm)
2:
3:; this program displays “Hello, World”
4:
5:dosseg
6:.model small
7:.stack 100h
8:
9:.data
10: hello_message db ‘Hello, World!’,0dh,0ah,’$’
11:
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More Complex Example (cont.)
12: .code
13: main proc
14: mov ax,@data
15: mov ds,ax
16:
17: mov ah,9
18: mov dx,offset hello_message
19: int 21h
20:
21: mov ax,4C00h
22: int 21h
23: main endp
24: end main
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More Complex Example (cont.)
The program is explained as follows:•Line 1: Contains the title directive. All
characters located after the title directive are considered as comments, even though the ; symbol is not used.
•Line 3: Comment line with the ; symbol
•Line 5: The dosseg directive specifies a standard segment order for the code, data and stack segments. The code segment is where the program instructions are stored. The data segment is where the data (variables) are stored. The stack segment is where the stack is maintained.
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More Complex Example (cont.)
•Line 6: The .model directive indicates the memory architecture to be used. In this case, it uses the Microsoft small memory architecture. It indicates this by the word small after .model.
•Line 7: This directive sets aside 100h of memory for the stack. This is equivalent to 256 bytes of memory (162 = 256).
•Line 9: The .data directive marks the beginning of the data segment, where the variables are defined and memory allocated to them.
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More Complex Example (cont.)
•Line 10: The db directive stands for “define byte”, which tells the assembler to allocate a sequence of memory bytes to the data that follow. 0dh is a carriage return and 0ah is the linefeed symbol. The $ is the required terminator character. The number of memory bytes is determined by the data themselves. Hello_message is the name of the variable to be stored in memory, and the db allocates memory to it in the size defined by the data following it.
•Line 12: The directive .code is the indication of the beginning of the code segment. The next few lines represent instructions.
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More Complex Example (cont.)
•Line 13: The proc directive is used to declare the main procedure called “main”. Any name could have been used, but this is in keeping with the C/C++ programming requirement that the main procedure be called the main function. The first executable instruction following this directive is called the program entry point - the point at which the program begins to execute.
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More Complex Example (cont.)
•Line 14: The instruction mov is used to copy the contents of one address into the other one. The first operand is called the destination address, while the second one is called the source address. In this particular use, we tell the assembler to copy the address of the data segment (@data) into the AX register.
•Line 15: Copies the content of AX into DS, which is a register used to put the data segment, the default base location for variables.
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More Complex Example (cont.)
• Line 17: This instruction places the value 9 in the AH register. Remember that from the page.com program, this is the register used to store the name of the DOS subroutine to be called with the int 21 instruction.
• Line 18: This instruction places the address of the string to be identified in the DX register. Remember that this is the offset, where the default base segment is already identified in the DS register as the base segment for the data segment. Since the address of the variable hello_message begins at the beginning of the data segment, identified by DS, we only need to supply the offset for the variable.
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More Complex Example (cont.)
•Line 19: The instruction int 21, as we saw before, takes the name of the function from the DX register, which in this case is 9. DOS funtion 9, incidentally, sends the contents of DX register to the VRT output device. The DX register contains the address of the string to be sent.
•Line 21 and 22: These instructions represent the equivalent of an end or stop statement. This is different from that done for page.com because this will be an executable program (.exe), rather than a .com program. More on this later.
•Line 23: Indicates the end of the main procedure.
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More Complex Example (cont.)
•Line 24: The END directive – the last line to be assembled. The main next to it indicates the program entry point.
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More Complex Example (cont.)
– The program may seem overly complicated for such a simple program.
– But remember that assembly language corresponds one-to-one with machine language instructions.
– Note that it takes only 562 bytes of memory when assembled and compiled.
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More Complex Example (cont.)
– The same program written in a high level language will require several more machine level instructions to carry out the same thing.
– Written in Turbo C++, the executable program would take 8772 bytes of memory to store.
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Specifics of ALP – Data Definition Directives
• A variable is a symbolic name for a location in memory. This is done because it is easy to remember variables, but not memory locations. It is like an aka, or a pseudonym.
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Data Definition Directives
• Variables are identified by labels. A label shows the starting location of a variable’s memory location. A variable’s offset is the distance from the beginning of the data segment to the beginning of the variable.
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Data Definition Directives (cont.)
• A label does not indicate the length of the memory that the variable takes up.
• If a string is being defined, the label offset is the address of the first byte of the string (the first element of the string). – The second element is the offset + 1 byte. – The third element is offset +2 bytes.
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Data Definition Directives (cont.)
• The amount of memory to be allocated is determined by the directive itself.
DB
DW
DD
DF DP
DQ
DT
Define byte
Define word
Define doublewordDefine far
pointer
Define quadword
Define tenbytes
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Define Byte• Allocates storage for one or more 8-bit
values (bytes). Has the following format:[name] DB initialvalue [,initialvalue]
• The name is the name of the variable. Notice that it is optional.
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Define Byte (cont)• initialvalue can be one or more 8-bit
numeric values, a string constant, a constant expression or a question mark.
• If signed, it has a range of 127 to –128, If unsigned, it has a range of 0 – 255.
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Define Byte - Examplechar db ‘A’ ; ASCII character
signed1 db -128 ; min signed value
signed2 db 127 ; max signed value
unsigned1 db 0 ; min unsigned value
unsigned2 db 255 ; max signed value
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Define Byte (cont) • Multiple values: A sequence of 8-bit
numbers can be used as initialvalue. They are then grouped together under a common label, as in a list.
• The values must be separated by commas.
list db 10,20,30,40
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Define Byte (cont) • The 10 would be stored at offset 0000; • 20 at offset 0001; • 30 at offset 0002; and • 40 at offset 0003, • where 0001 represents a single byte.
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Define Byte (cont) • A variable’s value may be left
undefined. This can be done by placing a ‘?’ for each byte to be allocated (as in a list).
count db ?
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Define Byte (cont) • A string may be assigned to a variable,
each of whose elements will be allocated a byte.
c_string db ‘This is a long string’
• The length of a string can be automatically determined by the assembler by the ‘$’ symbol.
• See page 65 of new book for details.
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Define Word• Serves to allocate memory to one or
more variables that are 16 bits long. Has the following format:
[name] DW initialvalue [,initialvalue]
• The name is the name of the variable. Notice that it is optional.
• initialvalue can be one or more 16-bit numeric values, a string constant, a constant expression or a question mark.
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Define Word (cont) • If signed, it has a range of 32,767 to –
32,768, • If unsigned, it has a range of 0 –
65,535.
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Define Word (Example)var dw 1,2,3 ; defines 3 words
signed1 dw -32768 ; smallest signed value
signed2 dw 32767 ; largest signed value
unsigned1dw 0 ; smallest unsigned value
unsigned2dw 65535 ; largest signed value
var-bin dw 1111000011110000b
var-hex dw 4000h
var-mix dw 1000h,4096,’AB’,0
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Reverse Storage Format• The assembler reverses the bytes in a
word when storing it in memory. – The lowest byte is placed in the lowest
address. – It is re-reversed when moved to a 16-bit
register.value dw 2AB6h
B6 2A
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Define Doubleword – DD• Same as DB and DW, except the
memory allocated is now 4 bytes (2 words, 32 bits).
[name] DD initialvalue [,initialvalue]
• The name is the name of the variable. Notice that it is optional.
• initialvalue can be one or more 32-bit numeric values, either in dec., hex or bin. form, string const., a const. Expression, or ?
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Multiple Values• A sequence of 32-bit numbers can be
used as initialvalue. • They are then grouped together under
a common label, as in a list. • The values must be separated by
commas.
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Reverse Order Format• As in define word, the bytes in
doubleword are stored in reverse order as in DW.
• For example, var dd 12345678h
78 56 34 12
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Type Checking
• When a variable is created, the assembler characterizes it according to its size (i.e., byte, word, doubleword, etc.).
• When a variable is later referenced, the assembler checks its size and only allows values to be stored that come from a register or other memory that matches in size.
• Mismatched movements of data not allowed.
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Data Transfer Instructions – mov
• The instruction mov is called the data transfer instruction.
• A very important one in assembly - much programming involves moving data around.
• Operands are 8- or 16-bit on the 8086, 80186 and 80286.
• Operands on the 80386 and beyond, they can also be 32-bits long.
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Data Transfer Instructions – mov (cont)
• The format is:mov destination,source
– The source and destination operands are self-explanatory. • The source can be an immediate value (a
constant), a register, or a memory location (variable). It is not changed by the operation.
• The destination can be a register or a memory location (variable).
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Operands• Register Operands: Transfer involving
only registers. It is the fastest. • Source = any register• Destination = any register except CS and IP
• Immediate Operands• Immediate value can be moved to a register
(all but IP) or to memory. • Destination must be of same type as source.
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Operands (cont.)• Direct operands
• A variable may be one of the two operands, but not both. It does not matter which is the variable.
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Limitations on operands• There are some limitations on mov:
• CS or IP not destination operand• Moving immediate data to segment registers.• Moving from segment register to segment
register.• Source and destination operands of different
types. • Immediate value as destination (obviously!!)• Memory to memory moves
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Sequential Memory Allocation• Memory for variables is allocated
sequentially by the assembler. • If we call DB several times, such as in:
var1 db 10
var2 db 15
var3 db 20
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Sequential Memory Allocation (cont)
• var1 will be the first byte in the data segment of main memory.
• This segment may be identified by the base segment and the offset.
• var2 will occupy the next available memory location, or 1 byte away from the beginning of the data segment in memory.
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Sequential Memory Allocation (cont)
• var 3 will be 2 bytes away from this starting point.
• This will be the case even if the memory locations are not labeled, such as in:
db 10
db 20
db 30
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Offsets• Many times, memory will be allocated, but
not labeled.• This is typical of an array, when only the
entire array is labeled, not each cell. • The address of the array is the address of
the first element (position) of the array. • All subsequent cells are allocated by
adding an offset to the address of the head element.
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Offsets• This is also true when a list of elements
is defined through DB, DW, or DD. – Example: an array or list of 8-bit numbers
whose memory location is called a-list. • To access the first element of a-list, we
reference the location in memory corresponding to a-list.
• To access any of the other elements of the array, we provide an offset to the address of array.
– The second element at array+1, the third at array+2, the fourth at array+3, etc.
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Offsets• To move the value of the 5th element of
the array to register AL:mov al array+4
• The size of the two operands must match.– Otherwise, an error may result.
• Note that AL is used, not AX - 1 byte.
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PTR Operator• Used to clarify an operand’s type. NOT
a pointer. • It can be placed between the mov
command and the operands, as for example: Used for readability only. It does not change the size of the operand in any way.
mov word ptr count,10
mov byte ptr var2,5
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XCHG Instruction• Allows the direct exchange of values
between 2 registers or between a register and a memory location. – Very fast– Needs to obey size constraints– Used in sorting.
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Stack Operations• Already discussed what a stack is.• Each position in the stack is 2 bytes
long – only 16-bit registers can be copied into the stack.
• The “bottom” of the stack is in high memory, and it grows downward.
• Typically, 256 bytes are allocated to the stack, enough for 128 entries.
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Stack Operations (cont) • Identified by the SS register (stack
segment), which identifies the address of the base location of the stack segment.
• The stack pointer (SP register) indicates the address of the first element of the stack (top of the stack).
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Push Operation
• Puts something (a 16-bit element) at the top position of the stack.
• Decrements stack pointer (it grows downward).
• Can put the contents of a register or of memory (a variable)
• In 80286 and later processors, it can also place an immediate value.
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Push Operation• Has the following form:
push ax
push ar1
push 1000h
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Pop Operation• The opposite of the push operation. • Removes the top element in the stack. • Copies value of top element in stack to
destination indicated in the statement. • Increments stack pointer.• Registers CS (code segment) and IP
(instruction pointer) cannot be used as operands.
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Pop Operation• Has the following form:
pop ax
pop ar2
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PUSHF and POPF• Special instructions that move and
remove the contents of the Flags register onto and out of the stack.
• These are used to preserve the contents of these registers in case it is changed and the old values are to be reinstated.
• See page 56.
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PUSHA (80186+) and PUSHD (80386+)
• Pushes the contents of the registers AX, CX, DX, BX, original SP, BP, SI, and DI on the stack in this exact order.
• PUSHD does the same for 32-bit registers.
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POPA and POPD• Pops the same registers in the reverse
order.
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Arithmetic Instructions• Form the heart of any program, at any
level of abstraction. • Integer arithmetic done in 8- or 16-bit
operands.
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Arithmetic Instructions– Floating point arithmetic done in one of
three ways:
• 80x87 math coprocessor
• software routines that emulate the coprocessor
• software that converts floating point to integer, executes the instruction and then converts back to floating point. (not particularly useful in many cases).
– Section concentrates on integer arithmetic
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INC and DEC Instructions• Respectively increment and
decrement the operand by one.• Form is as follows:inc al ; incr. 8-bit register by 1inc bx ; incr. 16-bit register by 1inc mem ; incr. memory location by 1dec mem ; decr. memory location by 1dec bx ; decr. 16-bit register by 1dec al ; decr. 8-bit register by 1
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INC and DEC Instructions• Faster than ADD and SUB instructions• All status flags are affected except the
Carry Flag.
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ADD Instruction • Used to add two numbers together. • Format is as follows:
add destination,source• The high level language equivalent of: destination = destination + source
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ADD Instruction• Takes 2 operands, a source and a
destination.• Adds the contents of the operands.• Places the result in the destination.• Only one memory operand may be
used.• Source may be immediate value, but
not destination.
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ADD Instruction (cont.)• The contents of the source remain
unchanged.• A segment register may not be a
destination. • All status flags are affected.• Sizes of operands must match (same
size).
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SUB Instruction• Subtracts a source operand from a
destination operand and stores the result in the destination.
• Format is as follows:sub destination,source
• The high level language equivalent of: destination = destination + (-source)
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SUB Instruction (cont.)• Takes the two’s complement of source
and adds it to the destination.• Only one of the operands may be a
memory operand.• Size of operands must match (same
size).• Segment register may not be the
destination operand.
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SUB Instruction (cont.)• Only one of the operands may be a
memory operand.• Immediate values cannot be
destinations.
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Effects of SUB and ADD on Flag Registers
• Why the flags? – If an operation such as ADD overflows (i.e.,
number to be put in the destination exceeds the size of the destination), then overflow.
– The flag may indicate that the value of the destination is meaningless.
– The ADD instruction, therefore, affects both the Carry and Overflow flags.
– Only 1 of these flags (if signed or if unsigned).
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Flag Registers (cont.)– Zero Flag: Set when the result of the
instructions inc, dec, add or sub = 0.– Sign Flag: Set when the result of the
instructions inc, dec, add or sub < 0– Carry Flag: Used with unsigned arithmetic
only, even though the processor updates it even if operation is signed. • For example:
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Flag Examplemov ax,00FFhadd al,1 ; AX = 0000h, CF=100FFh + 0001h = 0100h
– Since the operand of the add instruction is 8-bit (AL register), this is an 8-bit operation.
– Therefore, the operation looks more like
FFh + 01h = 100h
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Flag Example (cont.)– This is an overflow, so the Carry Flag is set
to indicate that the result was larger than the 8-bit destination could store.
– Could be fixed by using a 16-bit operation (e.g.,)
add ax,1 ; now it’s a 16-bit operation
; AX = 0100h CF = 0
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Flag Example (cont.)• If result of operation is too large for the
destination operand, the Carry flag is set. • Can also occur in a subtraction operation when
subtracting a larger operand from a smaller one (signed results are not permissible).
mov ax,5501h
sub al,2 ; AX = 55FFh CF=1• We subtracted 2 from 1, resulting in a negative
number in an unsigned operation.
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Flag Registers (cont.)• Overflow Flag: Set by the processor
regardless of the type of operation, but important only when operation is signed.– Signed results are useless when this flag is
set– Can result when using add or sub– But not inc or dec.
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Flag Registers - Example• If we add 126 + 2 = 128, in an 8-bit
operation, this will represent an overflow.
• This operation in binary numbers:01111111 + 00000010 = 10000000
• Equivalent to the two’s complement of –128, which is completely incorrect, therefore meaningless in signed integers.
• Therefore, OF = 1.
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Flag Registers - Example (cont.)
• In the case of subtraction, it gets a little more complicated. – If we subtract 2 from –128:– -128 – 2 = -130 which is an overflow, as
it does not fit in an 8-bit destination. – In binary, this looks like this:
10000000 (-128 in two’s complement) + 11111110 (-2 in twos’ comp)
= 1 01111110
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Flag Registers - Example (cont.)
• The first 1, of course, is a ninth digit, which does not fit into the 8-bit register.
• Thus, the operation looks like it resulted in
01111110• which is –126. • So, the OF = 1.
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Addressing Modes - the OFFSET
• Five (5) different addressing modes in the intel 8086 family of processors.
• Introduce an operator called offset, which places the address (actually, the offset) of a variable in a register.
• To move the address of a variable into a register, but do not know it directly, the OFFSET operator returns variable’s address
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Addressing Modes - Example• The assembler always knows the
address of each variable (i.e., label). • For example,
mov ax,offset avariable
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Direct Addressing Mode• Returns the contents of memory at the
offset of a variable. • The assembler keeps track of the offset
of every label (variable). • Thus, by simply referencing the label,
the contents of the memory location assigned to that label can be accessed.
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Direct Addressing Mode (cont.)
• The effective address (EA) is the offset (i.e., distance) from the beginning of a segment.
• A displacement is either the absolute address, or the offset of a variable.
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Direct Addressing Mode - Example
count db 20
mov al,count ; AL = 20 moved the ;contents of the label ;count into AL
• Can also be done by referencing the memory address within brackets,– for example, [200]
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Indirect Addressing Mode• Placing the address of the label in a
base or index register can create a pointer to a label.
• Typically done to represent a complex data structure, such as an array or a structure.
• We can increment the pointer to point to elements of the data structure.
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Indirect Addressing Mode - Example
• An array such as shown below.A B C D E F G H I J K L M N
• Let us define this array as a string in the following manner:astring db “ABCDEFGHIJKLMN”
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Indirect Addressing Mode - Example
• To access the 6th element (F), set the value of a register to the first element of the array (string).
mov bx,offset astring ; moved the ;offset
• Then increment the memory address or offset, by 5, such as
add bx,5; add 5 bytes to address in BXmov dl,[bx] ; move content of BX into DL
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Indirect Addressing Mode - Example
• If the BX, SI or DI registers are used, the effective (absolute) address is understood to be an offset from the DS register (by default).
• If BP register is used, it is understood to be an offset from the SS register.
• One can change the default by placing before the register the base register from which the offset is calculated.
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Indirect Addressing Mode - Example
• For example: • To use the BP register, but calculate its
address from the DS register rather than from the SS:
mov dl,ds:[bp] ; looks in data segment DS
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Based and Indexed Addressing Mode
• A register value and a displacement can be used as addresses to access the contents of memory.
• The displacement is either a number, or the offset of a label whose address (offset) is known by the assembler at compile time.
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Based and Indexed Addressing Mode - Example
• For example, to access the number 8:
5 7 1 6 2 8 7 9 0
anarray db 5,7,1,6,2,8,7,9,0mov bx,5mov al,anarray[bx]ormov al,[anarray+bx]ormov al,[anarray+5]
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Base-Indexed Addressing Mode
• Combining a base register and an index register forms the effective address.
• Useful for defining 2 dimensional arrays.
• Similar to the Base and indexed, except now instead of having a displacement that is either a constant or the address of a label, it is now the sum of the base and index registers.
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Base-Indexed - Examplea2darray db 10,20,30,40,50
db 60, 70, 80, 90, A0
db B0, C0, D0, E0, F0• If we want to access the third element
of the second row, we set a base segment to the first element of the second row, and then the offset is the third column.
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Base-Indexed - Example (cont.)
• For example, let’s say we want to get the ‘80’:
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 A0 B0 C0 D0 E0 F0
mov bx,offset a2darray
add bx,5 ; base=1st element of row 2
mov si,2 ;offset = 2
mov al,[bx+si] ; moves the ;value 80 into AL
EEL 3801C
Base-indexed with Displacement Addressing
Mode• The combination of the 2 addressing modes above.
• Combines the displacement of a label with that of a base and index segments.
• The same ‘80’ value in the above array can be accessed with the operand:
mov al, array[bx+si]
EEL 3801C
Program Structure
• Program divided into 3 primary segments:• code segment (pointed to by register CS)• data segment (pointed to by register DS)• stack segment (pointed to by register SS)
• Segments can range in size between 10h (16) bytes and 64K bytes.
• Instructions or data located on these segments is referenced through the offsets from the base segment (displacements).
EEL 3801C
Program Structure (cont.)• Each segment is identified by
the .stack, .code, and .data indicators.
• Note that the SP register points to the next memory location after the end of the stack segment. – This is because the stack grows from high
memory to low memory.
EEL 3801C
Program Structure (cont.)• The title directive identifies the
program title (up to 128 characters long).
• The dosseg directive tells the assembler to place the program segments in the standard order used by the high level languages.
• The .model directive identifies the type of memory model to be used.
EEL 3801C
Program Structure (cont.)• The memory models are based on the
idea that a 16-bit address register can only represent approximately 64K bytes of memory range.
• Thus, if we have a segment of memory that is less than or equal to 64K bytes, then we can easily access that location through a simple offset from the base segment.
EEL 3801C
Program Structure (cont.)• This means quicker addressing, since
only 1 instruction is necessary to load a 16-bit address.
• If greater than 64K, however, then we must change the base segment register as well, as the offset cannot reach beyond 64K bytes.
• This requires 2 machine instructions, one for the base segment, and one for the offset.
EEL 3801C
Program Structure (cont.) • The various models are the following:
– Tiny: Code + data <= 64K– Small: Code <= 64K; data <= 64K– Medium: Data <= 64K; Code any size– Compact: Code <= 64K; Data any size– Large: No restrictions on either one, but
arrays <= 64K– Huge: No restrictions on any of the
three
EEL 3801C
Program Structure (cont.)• The Tiny model does not result in an
executable file, but rather, in a command file (.com).
• All others result in .exe files.• The linker produces a map file which
indicates the location of these segments.