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| | [AI summary] The article provides an in-depth exploration of computer architecture and assembly language, focusing on the RISC-V Instruction Set Architecture (ISA). It covers fundamental concepts such as machine words, registers, and the role of assembly language as a human-readable representation of machine instructions. The text explains how programs are structured using instructions, labels, and directives, and categorizes instructions into arithmetic, memory, control flow, and miscellaneous types. It also delves into the calling convention, which defines how functions are called and how data is passed between them, and highlights the importance of maintaining the call stack illusion. The article further discusses the practical implications of these conce...
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| | [AI summary] The article discusses various exotic processor architectures, focusing on zero-operand stack machines, multiple stacks, result registers, virtual stacks, and transport-triggered architectures, highlighting their potential to simplify control logic and improve performance.
| | venam.net
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| | System calls are one subject that scares many people. Actually most of the low level stuffs happening on the operating system scares a lot of people. I admit, I was a bit afraid of dealing with this subject. Not because it's hard or anything but because it's something that we're not used to dealing with every day, it's lik...
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| [AI summary] The article provides an in-depth explanation of reverse engineering concepts, including CPU operations, memory representation, data structures, and disassembly techniques. It guides readers through understanding machine code, endianness, signed integers, and how to analyze C code using tools like Visual Studio and disassemblers.