Processor Fundamentals - Assembly Language - Part 1

the basic Von Neumann model of a computer system
the purpose and role of the registers PC, MDR, MAR, ACC, IX, CIR, and the status registers
the purpose and role of the arithmetic logic unit (ALU), control unit (CU), system clock and immediate access store (IAS)
functions of the address bus, data bus and control bus
factors affecting computer performance (such as processor type, bus width, clock speeds, cache memory and use of core processors)
the connection of computers to peripheral devices such as Universal Serial - Bus (USB), high definition multimedia interface (HDMI) and Video Graphics Array (VGA)
the fetch-execute cycle and register transfers
the purpose of interrupts
the relationship between assembly language and machine code (such as symbolic, absolute and relative addressing)
different stages for a two-pass assembler
tracing sample assembly language programming code
assembly language instruction groups (such as data movement, I/O operations, arithmetic operations, comparisons, and so on)
addressing modes (immediate, direct, indirect, indexed and relative)
how to perform binary shifts (including logical, arithmetic, cyclic, left shift and right shift)
how bit manipulation is used to monitor/control a device.