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<p>hardware platform. </p>

<p>Additionally, the BSP is supposed to perform the following operations:<br/>
*Initialize the processor<br/>
*Initialize the board<br/>
*Initialize the RAM<br/>
*Configure the segments<br/>
*Load and run OS from flash</p>

<p><big>History</big></p>
<p>The term BSP has been in use since 1981 when Hunter & Ready, the developers of the <a href="page.php?w=Versatile_Real-Time_Executive">Versatile Real-Time Executive</a> (VRTX), first coined the term to describe the <a href="page.php?w=hardware-dependent_software">hardware-dependent software</a></p><p>
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