The Intel Microprocessors

Keeping readers on the forefront of technology, this book offers a practical reference to all programming and interfacing aspects of the popular microprocessor family Intel. It contains numerous example programs using the Microsoft Macro Assembler program, and provides a thorough description of each Intel family member, memory systems, and various I/O systems. Key Topics: Introduces the microprocessor, its history, its operation, and the methods used to store data in a microprocessor-based system, and fully explores the programming model of the microprocessor and system architecture. Explains how each instruction functions with the Intel family of microprocessors, providing simple applications to illustrate the operation of the instructions and develop basic programming concepts. Updated contents include: a new chapter to Pentium and Pentium Pro microprocessors and a detailed look at the operation and programming for the 8087-Pentium Pro family of arithmetic coprocessors; inclusion of the Number System for programs; an additional chapter on Bus Interface Standards (ISA, EISA, VESA, and PCI), and more. Market: For professionals in the electronic technology and electrical engineering fields.