ARM processors are becoming ubiquitous in mobile devices today with RISC processors making a comeback for their applications in low power computing environments. With major operating systems choosing to run on these processors including the latest Windows RT, iOS and Android, understanding the low level operations of these processors can serve to better understand, optimize and debug software stacks running on them. This class builds on the Intro to x86 class and tries to provide parallels and differences between the two processor architectures wherever possible while focusing on the ARM instruction set, some of the ARM processor features, and how software works and runs on the ARM processor.
In order to demonstrate these features, labs are made available as part of a virtual environment with an ARM emulator run using QEMU. These labs include:
Must have a basic understanding of the C programming language. It is highly recommended that you have taken the Intro x86 and Intermediate x86 classes, so that you can compare and contrast ARM and x86 assembly and architectures.
The materials within this course focus on the NICE Framework Task, Knowledge, and Skill statements identified within the indicated NICE Framework component(s):
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