CS208 Introduction to Computer Systems
Friday, 21 April 2023

+ The goal: learn assembly language...
- to better understand C and higher-level languages
- cuz it's cool
- to understand some vicious security problems
- to understand why garbage collection exists
- to understand why Rust exists

+ History
- Gordon Moore
- Busicom
- Intel 4004, 8008, 8080, 8086, 80186, 80286, 80386, 80486, Pentium,...
- Book: The Microprocessor: A Biography

+ Architecture
- C
- x86_64
    - registers + memory
    - register names

+ C to assembly language
- Machine language vs. assembly language
- gcc -c
- objdump -d

+ Meet Compiler Explorer (godbolt.org)
- Simple example

+ Lab

+ Lab debrief plus prep for the assignment
- References
- Textbook vs. online discussions
- etc.




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