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• Explain how to Program the Pentium Core 2 and its new 64-bit Architecture
• Illustrate concepts for students with 200 relevant programming examples,
many written in Visual C++ with embedded assembly language code
• Develop software to control application interfaces to the microprocessor
• Program the microprocessor using the popular Microsoft Visual C
programming environment with embedded assembly language to control
personal computers
• Develop software to control the keyboard, video display, and various other
components in the computer system
• Program the numeric coprocessor, the MMX, and SSE units to solve
complex equations
• Explain the differences between family members and highlight the features
of each member
• Describe the use of real mode (DOS) and protected mode (Windows) of the
microprocessor
• Explain the operation of the memory manager to control the protected
mode and paging unit to allocate memory
• Interface memory and I/O systems to the microprocessor
• Develop software to drive hardware interfaces and applications
• Explain the operation of a real-time operating system (RTOS) in an
embedded environment
• Explain the operation of the disk and video systems
• Interface small systems to the ISA, PCI, parallel and serial ports, and USB of
a personal computer system
• Detail the 64-bit extension (EMT-64) of the Pentium 4 microprocessor