1. The document introduces RISC-V assembly, an open standard instruction set architecture based on reduced instruction set computer principles. 2. It provides an example of RISC-V assembly code that loads a byte into a register, loads an immediate value into another register, increments the second register, and stores the first register value at the address in the second register. 3. It also mentions the RARS simulator that can be used to debug RISC-V assembly code and provides a second example program.