Computer Science 220
Assembly Language & Computer Architecture

Fall 2011, Siena College

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Agenda

• Announcements
  • First lecture assignment due now.
  • Labs: looking for 1-3 people who can move from Tuesday lab to Wednesday lab.
  • Accessing class examples: ~jteresco/shared/cs220 in our labs and on olsen.
• Unix tip of the day: cd
• Lab 0 aftermath
• Character representations
• Memory model and pointers
• Unsigned math
  • addition
  • multiplication
• Signed math
  • signed representations
  • addition
  • multiplication

Lecture Assignment 0x01

Due at the start of class, Tuesday, September 13.

Please submit answers to these questions either as a hard copy (typeset or handwritten are OK) or by email to jteresco AT siena.edu by the start of class. Please use a clear subject line when submitting by email (e.g., CS 220 Lecture Assignment 0x01, Joe Student). We will discuss these questions at the start of class, so no late submissions are accepted.

This lecture assignment will be graded more carefully and strictly than most. Please plan accordingly.

1. Represent each of the following quantities using each of the following 8 bit representations, where possible: unsigned, signed magnitude, 1's complement, 2's complement. Values are given in base 10, and characters are ASCII. Express each as both an 8-bit binary number and a 2-digit hexadecimal number.
   For example, to represent the value -17, the unsigned representation is not possible, the signed magnitude representation is 10010001₂ or 91₁₆, the 1's complement representation is 11101110₂ or EE₁₆ and the 2's complement representation is 11101111₂ or EF₁₆. (5 points)
   • 0
   • 11
   • -42
   • 42
   • -127
   • 127
   • -128
   • 128
   • 255
   • the character '6' (see man ascii)
2. Compute the following binary 2's complement problems in 4 bits. Which answers to you trust and why (your reasons should refer to values that can easily be checked by computer such as values of carry bits)? (2 points)

    0001      0001      1001      1111
   +0101     +0111     +1111     +0101
    ----      ----      ----      ----
   
   

3. The following problems are expressed in 8 bit, hexadecimal, 2's complement. Compute the result as 16 bit 2's complement expressed in hex. Which answers do you trust? (3 points)

     FF        FF        01        4c       7f       80
   + 11      + FF      + 7F      x 04     x 7f     x 80
   ----      ----      ----      ----     ----     ----
   
   

Examples

• show_bytes - examine endianness