An inexorable progression of technology:
If we can solve the problem in hardware, it will be.
If we cannot solve the problem in hardware…
If we can solve the problem in software, it will be.
If we cannot solve the problem in software…
We don’t understand the problem well enough to solve it.
Once we understand the problem well enough to solve it..
We will solve the problem in software.
And then we’ll move the solution to hardware.