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CS 401 Computer Architecture and Assembly Language

Assignment #01
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Objective

The assignment has been designed to enable you:

 To know about different addressing modes

 To calculate effective address and physical address
 To know about the comparisons and conditions

Answer the following questions

Q#1.

Identify the problems in the following instructions and correct them by replacing
them with one or two instruction having the same effect.

i. mov [05], [ 24]

; Memory to memory move is illegal in Intel architecture. The correct
instructions for this operation could be
mov ax, [24]
mov [24],ax

ii. mov [label1], 501

; Constant to memory move is illegal in Intel architecture. The correct
instruction could be
mov ax,501
 mov [label1] ,ax

iii. mov bx, al

; Size mismatch i.e. bx is 16 bit register and al is 8 bit register. The correct
statement could be
mov bx, ax
or
mov bl, al

iv. mov ax, [si+di+100]

; Addition of two index register in one memory access is disallowed. We
can do this operation by addition of index and base register.
mov ax,[si+ bx+100]

v. mov bx,[bs+bp+200]
; Addition of two based register in one memory access is disallowed. We
can do this operation by addition of index and base register.
mov ax,[bp+ si+100]

Q#2.

Write a program to calculate the square of 10 by using a loop that adds 10 to the
accumulator 10 times.

Solution:

[org 0x0100]

mov bx,10
mov cx,10
mov ax,0

l1:
add ax, bx
sub cx, 1
jnz l1

mov [total], ax
mov ax,0x4c00
int 0x21
total: dw 0
Q#3.

b. If AX=8FFF and BX=0FFF and “cmp ax, bx” is executed, which of the
following jumps will be taken? Each part is independent of others. Also give the
value of Z, S, and C flags.
i. jg greater
ii. jl smaller
iii. ja above
iv. jb below

Instructions Jump ZF SF CF
Jg greater Not taken 0 1 0
Jl smaller Taken 0 1 0
Ja above Taken 0 1 0
Jb below Not taken 0 1 0