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1 Basics Of X86 Architecture
1 Basics Of X86 Architecture Prathmesh Kallurkar Teaching Assistant, Computer Architecture (CSL211) Instructor : Dr. Smruti Sarangi

2 2 2 Key Points What is x86 ? Chronology Overview

3 3 Overview X86 is a series of instruction set architectures based on Intel 8086 CPU. Original ISA was 16 bit. Term x86 derived from the ISA names ending with "86". 32 and 64 -bit implementations are known as x86-32 and x86-64 respectively. X86 ISA is complex and requires complex decoders. Relatively uncommon in small and low-power applications in embedded market. Who uses it : Intel, AMD, VIA

4 Chronology (History : Boring Huh ..)
4 Chronology (History : Boring Huh ..) 8086: 16-bit, all internal registers 16 bits wide; no general purpose registers; ’78 adds 80-bit-wide stack, but no registers; ’80 80286: adds elaborate protection model; ’82 new addressing modes; adds paging; ’85

5 Chronology (Contd.) MMX: + 57 instructions for multimedia; ‘97
AMD64 - First 64-bit CPU in x86 family, 2003 2006: Core 2 Multicore, SSE4 2008: Atom Deep pipeline, very low power

6 Basic Properties Key Points Design of x86 What is CISC ? Pros and Cons

7 Design of X86 Primarily two-address architecture
7 Design of X86 Primarily two-address architecture ARM : add r1, r2, r3 -> r1 = r2 + r3 X86 : add rax, rbx -> rax += rab Fewer instruction vs Compact representation Assumption : Often true in C, C++ : x+=y Register Memory architecture Load-Store architecture : simple decoder and pipeline Only load/store access memory RM : ALU operation can involve a memory and register operand Add 12 (%rsp), rbx - Requires less registers Assumption : Most of the accesses on array variables

8 Design Of X86 (Contd..) Little endian
What about ARM ?? Java ?? Allow unaligned memory-address access for 16 and 32 bits. Advantages : Memory-intensive Problems : Performance. Assumption : Most compilers will access aligned content. Variable length operation : operand-size can be byte(8), word(16), double-word(32) or quad-word(64)

9 CISC vs RISC Philosophy
9 CISC vs RISC Philosophy Instruction length RISC – fixed instruction. Easy fetch CISC – Intelligent fetch. Optimized icache Memory architecture RISC – Load/Store Architecture CISC – Register Memory Architecture Type of instructions x86 – enter : push and set combined Intel – Keep main core RISC. Add additional complex decoder

10 1010 1010 Addressing Modes Key Points Quiet obvious, isn’t it

11 Register Set (Integer - GPR)
1111 1111 Register Set (Integer - GPR) Accumulator : Arithmetic operations, System call Base for address operations Counter : Loop, String operations IO operations

12 Floating Point Registers
1212 Floating Point Registers The FPU has 8 registers, st0 to st7, formed into a FP stack. Build in the processor and has access speed same as register Stack instruction format : Pop arg1. Pop arg2 Apply operation Push solution Problem : Low instruction level parallelism Intel’s answer : vector operations

13 Addressing Modes Direct : R1 <- R1 + M[1001]
1313 Addressing Modes Direct : R1 <- R1 + M[1001] Global variable. Static data C : x = global variable Register Deferred : R4 <- R4 + M[R1] Pointer C : a = *b Indexed : R3 <- R3 + M[R1+R2] Local variable Scaled : R1<-R1+M[100+R2+R3*d] Used to index arrays. May be applied to any base addressing mode in some machines.

14 Assembly Programming Key Points Function Prologue Epilogue Variables
1414 1414 Key Points Function Prologue Epilogue Variables Local variable Function Parameter Global variable Hello World !! Assembly Programming

15 Stack Convention Stack grows downwards Caller convention
1515 Stack Convention Stack grows downwards Caller convention Pass arguments on the stack Foo( arg1, arg2, arg3 ) Push arg3, arg2, arg1 Call callee Callee convention Maintain local variables on stack Int local1, local2 Sub esp, 08h

16 1616 Global Variable Function Prologue Local Variable Function Epilogue

17 1717 Manage recursion. Intelligent use of eax register

18 1818 Addressing mode for accessing Structure elements Looping

19 1919 References Patterson - Stacks, Frames, and Calling Conventions by David Kyle

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