这本有创新性的书以Java虚拟机为例介绍了计算机组成及汇编语言的原理，Java虚拟机是一个极为便利、时新、可移植以及几乎到处可得到的平台。

以Java虚拟机实现为基础，本书讲解了数字逻辑和系统、数据表示、计算机组成、体系结构以及汇编语言编程的基本原理。一旦读者在Java虚拟机的范围内彻底理解了这些核心的原理，作者就将这些原理拓展到其他四个最主要的平台：Intel 8088、Pentium 4、Power体系结构及Atmel AVR微控制器。

Preface

 Statement of Aims

What

How

For Whom

Acknowledgments

Ⅰ Part the First: Imaginary Computers

1 Computation and Representation

 1.1 Computation

1.1.1 Electronic Devices

1.1.2 Algorithmic Machines

1.1.3 Functional Components

 1.2 Digital and Numeric Representations

1.2.1 Digital Representations and Bits

1.2.2 Boolean Logic

1.2.3 Bytes and Words

1.2.4 Representations

 1.3 Virtual Machines

1.3.1 What is a "Virtual Machine"?

1.3.2 Portability Concerns

1.3.3 Transcending Limitations

1.3.4 Ease of Updates

1.3.5 Security Concerns

1.3.6 Disadvantages

 1.4 Programming the JVM

1.4.1 Java: What the JVM Isn't

1.4.2 Translations of the Sample Program

1.4.3 High- and Low-Level Languages

1.4.4 The Sample Program as the JVM Sees It

 1.5 Chapter Review

 1.6 Exercises

 1.7 Programming Exercises

2 Arithmetic Expressions

 2.1 Notations

2.1.1 Instruction Sets

2.1.2 Operations, Operands, and Ordering

2.1.3 Stack-Based Calculators

 2.2 Stored-Program Computers

2.2.1 The fetch-execute Cycle

2.2.2 CISC vs. RISC Computers

 2.3 Arithmetic Calculations on theJVM

2.3.1 General Comments

2.3.2 A Sample Arithmetic Instruction Set

2.3.3 Stack Manipulation Operations

2.3.4 Assembly Language and Machine Code

2.3.5 Illegal Operations

 2.4 An Example Program

2.4.1 An Annotated Example

2.4.2 The Final JVM Code

 2.5 JVM Calculation Instructions Summarized

 2.6 Chapter Review

 2.7 Exercises

 2.8 Programming Exercises

3 Assembly Language Programming in jasmin

 3.1 Java, the Programming System

 3.2 Using the Assembler

3.2.1 The Assembler

3.2.2 Running a Program

3.2.3 Display to the Console vs. a Window

3.2.4 Using System.out and System.in

 3.3 Assembly Language Statement Types

3.3.1 Instructions and Comments

3.3.2 Assembler Directives

3.3.3 Resource Directives

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4 Control Structures

Ⅱ Part the Second: Real Computers 113

5 General Architecture Issues: Real Computers 115

6 The Intel 8088

7 The Power Architecture

8 The Intel Pentium

9 Microcontrollers: The Atmel AVR

10 Advanced Programming Topics on the JVM

A Digital Logic

B JVM Instruction Set

C Opcode Summary by Number

D Class File Format

E The ASCII Table

Glossary

Index