Chapter 10: Modern Processor Architectures and Instruction Sets
Most modern personal computers contain a processor supporting either the Intel or AMD version of the x86 32-bit and x64 64-bit architectures. Almost all smartphones, smart watches, tablets, and many embedded systems, on the other hand, contain ARM 32-bit or 64-bit processors. This chapter takes a detailed look at the registers and instruction sets of all of these processor families.
After completing this chapter, you will understand the top-level architectures and unique attributes of the x86, x64, 32-bit ARM, and 64-bit ARM registers, instruction sets, assembly languages, and key aspects of legacy feature support in these architectures.
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