High Level Assembler Bootcamp - Part 1 of 3

This is the first in a series of three sessions introducing you to the basic elements of HLASM. Each session covers key elements of the assembler and its usage in the zArchitecture.

Topics to be covered in Part One include:

• Binary, hex, and decimal number representations and basic hardware data types
• Basics of machine architecture and program execution
• Differences between data and instructions
• General Purpose Registers and addressing
• Basic instruction formats: symbolic and machine formats
• Program entry and exit rules
• The Program Status Word and instruction fetching

Tracks: Application Development and Software Architecture