You're reading from Mastering Assembly Programming From instruction set to kernel module with Intel processor

Product type Paperback

Published in Sep 2017

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781787287488

Length 290 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Assembly

Concepts

Programming Language

Author (1):

Alexey Lyashko

View More author details

Table of Contents (12) Chapters

Preface

1. Intel Architecture FREE CHAPTER

2. Setting Up a Development Environment

3. Intel Instruction Set Architecture (ISA)

4. Memory Addressing Modes

5. Parallel Data Processing

6. Macro Instructions

7. Data Structures

8. Mixing Modules Written in Assembly and Those Written in High-Level Languages

9. Operating System Interface

10. Patching Legacy Code

11. Oh, Almost Forgot

AVX-512

This chapter would not have been complete without mentioning AVX-512 - Advanced Vector Extensions 512-bit. It, in fact, consists of multiple extensions, while only the core one - AVX-512F ("F" stands for foundation) is mandatory for all processors. AVX-512 does not only add new instructions, but greatly enhances the implementation of parallel (vectored) computations, allowing calculations to be performed over vectors of single or double-precision floating point values up to 512 bits long. Also, 32 new 512-bit registers are introduced (ZMM0 - ZMM31) and with its ternary logic it resembles dedicated platforms.

The rest of the chapter is locked

A free Packt account unlocks extra newsletters, articles, discounted offers, and much more. Start advancing your knowledge today.

Unlock this book and the full library FREE for 7 days

Get unlimited access to 7000+ expert-authored eBooks and videos courses covering every tech area you can think of

Start free trial

Renews at $19.99/month. Cancel anytime

Authors (1)

Alexey Lyashko

Alexey Lyashko is an Assembly language addict, independent software reverse engineer, and consultant. At the very beginning of his career, when he was a malware researcher at Aladdin Knowledge Systems, he invented and developed a generic code recognition method known as HOFA™. After spending a few years in the anti-malware industry and gaining sufficient experience in low-level development and reverse engineering, Alexey switched to content protection and worked as a reverse engineering consultant with Irdeto's BD+ department, actively participating in content protection technology development. Since 2013, he has worked with several software development companies providing reverse engineering and low-level software development consultancy.

See other products by Alexey Lyashko