CPU Design and Machine Code

Machine code - CDC 6504.

Slides

• 06-CPU-Machine-Code.pptx

Videos

• Exploring Microprocessors: From Python to Machine Language & the 6502 CPU - Part 1 (5:38)
• Understanding Hexadecimal (Base 16) — Why Computers Use It & How to Think in It - Part 2 (12:24)
• What Is Programming? From Python to Machine Language & Into the CPU - Part 3 (11:10)
• Exploring the 6502 Architecture in the CDC6504 Emulator - Part 4 (9:49)
• Machine Language — Loops, Branching & Assembly vs. Machine Code - Part 5 (18:43)
• CDC 6504 Assembly Language: Hello World, Math, and Upper Casing Strings - Part 6 (13:05)

Demonstrations

• Learning CPU Emulation with the CDC6504: Registers, Memory, and Instructions (6:45)
• Stepping Through a CPU Emulator: CDC6504 Instructions, Memory, and State (5:16)
• Loops in Machine Language: Branching in the CDC6504 Emulator (10:07)
• Understanding Conditional Branches in a CDC6504 (5:29)
• String Processing in Machine Language: CDC6504 Uppercase Example (13:15)

Discussions

• CPU Design and Machine Code (Login Required)
  

Assessments

• Quiz: CPU Design and Machine Code (Login Required)
  
• Hex ⇄ Decimal conversions (Login Required)
  
• CDC 6504: Print out '42' (Login Required)
  
• CDC 6504: Print a Random Phrase (Login Required)
  
• CDC 6504: Lower Case a String (Login Required)
  

References

• ARM Instruction Set design history with Sophie Wilson)
• The potted history of ARM
• Fun: The 6502 Rotate Right Myth

Bonus

• IEEE Computing Conversations: Eben Upton on the Raspberry Pi
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