Boot process is the process in which any SoCs takes various device configurations (trim bit, device security settings, boot vector location) and memory initialization (like FLASH/SRAM/GRAM) is done ...
A quick look at the pinouts of an Intel 8086 & 8088 processor reveals a 20 bit address bus. There was high demand for the ability to address 1 meg (2^20) of address space, and Intel delivered. However ...