Lecture 15 (New)

Chapter Eleven
The x86 PC
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Assembly Language, Design, and Interfacing
Pearson Prentice Hall - Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458
By Muhammad Ali Mazidi, Janice Gillespie Mazidi and Danny Causey
• Contents:
• 11.1 8088 INPUT/OUTPUT INSTRUCTIONS (from

Mazidi)
• 11.2 I/O PORT ADDESS DECODING (from Barry

B. Brey)
The x86 PC
11.1: 8088 INPUT/OUTPUT INSTRUCTIONS
• All x86 processors, 8088 to Pentium®, can access

external devices called ports using I/O instructions.
MEMR
IOR
MEMW
IOW
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The x86 PC
• All x86 processors, 8088 to

Pentium®, can access
external devices called ports
using I/O instructions.
• A port is an address for
processor.
• Data can be read from IO
ports
• Data can be written to IO port
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The x86 PC
• All x86 processors, 8088 to Pentium®, can access

external devices called ports using I/O instructions.
• Memory can contain:
– Instructions (i.e. OPCODE )
– DATA.
• I/O ports contain only DATA
• Two instructions transfer data to and from IO
devices.
– “OUT” sends data to IO port from accumulator (AL or AX)
– “IN” brings data from IO port to accumulator (AL or AX)
The x86 PC
8-bit data ports
• 8088 I/O operation is applicable to all x86 CPUs.
– The 8-bit port uses the D0–D7 data bus for I/O devices.
• Register AL is used as the source/destination
for IN/OUT instructions.
– To input or output data from any other registers,
the data must first be moved to the AL register.
• Instructions OUT and IN have the following formats:
The x86 PC
how to use I/O instructions
• I/O instructions are used in programming 8- and
16-bit peripheral devices.
– Printers, hard disks, and keyboards.
• For an 8-bit port (fixed IO addressing), use immediate
addressing:
• Can address only 256 ports

• For more ports, use 16-bit port address instruction
(Variable IO addressing).
The x86 PC
• 16-bit port address instruction using register indirect
addressing mode with register DX.
– This program toggles port address 300H continuously.
– Only DX can be used for 16-bit I/O addresses.
– Use register AL for 8-bit data.
The x86 PC
Example 11-1 Temperature Alarm
The x86 PC
11.2 I/O PORT ADDRESS DECODING (FROM Barry
B. Brey)
• I/O address decoding is similar to memory address
decoding.
• The concept of address bus decoding for I/O

instructions is exactly the same as for memory.
– 1. The control signals IOR and IOW are used along
with the decoder.
– 2. For an 8-bit port address, A0–A7 is decoded. (fixed)
– 3. If the port address is 16-bit (using DX), A0–A15
is decoded (variable), mostly used in personal
computers.
The x86 PC
11.2: I/O PORT ADDRESS DECODING (FROM Barry
B. Brey)
• Communicating with I/O devices using IN and OUT
instructions is referred to as peripheral I/O.
– Some designers also refer to it as isolated I/O.
• Some processors do not have IN & OUT instructions,

but use Memory-mapped I/O.
– A memory location is assigned as an input or output port.
– Instructions access memory locations to access I/O ports.
• Instead of IN and OUT instructions.
The x86 PC
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Memory mapped I/O decoding Isolated I/O decoding
All address lines must be decoded. Fixed: only A7- A0 decoded
Variable: only A15 - A0 decoded
Control signals: Control Signals:

MEMR, MEMW IORC, IOWC
Programming instructions: Programming instructions:

MOV IN, OUT
All arithmetic operations possible No direct arithmetic instruction is

possible
The x86 PC
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• Decoding 8 bit I/O Port Addresses:
 Fixed I/O instructions uses 8-bit I/O port address
that appear on A15 – A0 as 0000H – 00FFH.
 Only A7 – A0 address lines are decoded and higher
lines are ignored. However, personal computers do
not used fixed I/O instructions and always use 16 –
bit I/O address line.
The x86 PC
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In figure 11-10, it can be seen that only lower 8
address lines are used to address any I/O device.
Each Yx connection is attached to single I/O device.
The x86 PC
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• Only A7-A0 address lines are connected to decoder.
The x86 PC
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• VHDL code for figure 11-11:
The x86 PC
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The x86 PC
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• Decoding 16 Bit I/O port addresses:
 PC systems typically use 16-bit I/O addresses.
 What is the main difference between decoding 8 bit
I/O addresses and 16 bit I/O addresses?
 The only difference is the number of address lines
engaged. 8-bit I/O addresses need decoding of A7-
A0 lines while 16 bit I/O addresses need decoding
of A15-A0.
The x86 PC
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• As we are decoding 16
address lines, all of them
cannot be covered through
PLD. So a small NAND
circuit can be incorporated
to cover all address lines.
• A PLD and NAND gate is

used to decode I/O ports
EFF8H – EFFFH.
The x86 PC
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The x86 PC
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• 11.1 8088 INPUT/OUTPUT INSTRUCTIONS (from

• 11.2 I/O PORT ADDESS DECODING (from Barry

• All x86 processors, 8088 to Pentium®, can access

• All x86 processors, 8088 to

• All x86 processors, 8088 to Pentium®, can access

• Can address only 256 ports

– Only DX can be used for 16-bit I/O addresses.

– Use register AL for 8-bit data.

• The concept of address bus decoding for I/O

• Some processors do not have IN & OUT instructions,

All address lines must be decoded. Fixed: only A7- A0 decoded

Variable: only A15 - A0 decoded

Control signals: Control Signals:

Programming instructions: Programming instructions:

All arithmetic operations possible No direct arithmetic instruction is

• A PLD and NAND gate is

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