Intel Microprocessors 8086/8088, 80186/80188, 80286, 80386, 80486, Pentium, Prentium Proprocessor, Pentium II, III, 4

It's a really Good Book, very thorough. But it lacks editing for the new revisions. There are quite a few chapters that concerns DOS only, and these days it would be hard to find a person that finds this interesting. Those chapters could very well be exchanged for information on XP, Win 2003 or even Linux. And now I mentioned Linux: this OS is completely ignored in the text. When the author lists the 32 bit operating systems, he event counts Win95 and Win98, but excludes Linux and Unix!? So: A very nice read that could have been better.

I have read the first 140 pages of this book, and I really like it. So far, I have the following comments.Good points:1.) It covers both real and protected mode from the start. Other books wait until the middle of the books before they cover protected mode.2.) Assembly language command mechanism are explained in great detail. The author explain exactly what's going on. How the data moved from memory to register, register to register, how the memory in a computer is organized, how exactly PUSH and POP command works etc. There are lots of diagram that illustrate his explanations.3.) It covers from 8086 to Pentium II hardware architecture. Many books are strictly limited to outdated 8086 and 8088 processors.4.) The exercises at the end of each chapter increases my understanding of the subject and answers to even numbered problems are available at the end of the book.Bad Points:1.)Assembly language and processor architecture are hard subjects. You have to read each chapter several times before you can get a good grasp of the topic.2.)Some of the topic presented by the authors can not be easily understood until you read the subsequent chapters.One suggestion for people who read the book: Make sure you know how to convert binary, hexadecimal and decimal number. You have to know these otherwise you can get lost. Some basic understanding of logic gates is also helpfull!

My teacher used this book in our Electronics Engineering course few year back, it was some old edition. Since then I wanted to buy this book, but I couldn't find it in decent price. Few days back I bought it for US ... (lucky me). This book is really great for Assembly Programmers, Hardware Interfacing (with PCI, Local bus, AGP, LPT and USB), etc. It is also great for leaning Interfacing with other devices too, since it clearly describes some interfacing ICs. It is not suited for beginners.

It is a great book for anybody who learn intel microprocessor.. It gives detail about the architecture and the command review of intel microprocessor. But if you are fresh from oven to learn microprocessor, please make sure you have more than 1 book and try to understand this book by practice to the microprocessor on your computer.

THIS BOOK IS SUITABLE FOR BEGINNERS IN ASSEMBLY LEVEL PROGRAMMING.IT PROVIDES DETAILED ARCHITECTURE OF ALL INTEL PROCESSORS.I RECOMMEND THIS BOOK FOR ALL THOSE WHO WISH TO MASTER ASSEMBLY LEVEL PROGRAMMING.IT IS A GREAT CHOICE OF BUYING THIS BOOK.