I think the implication was that there is less testing needed from the software ...

		taeric on March 9, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: “It's done in hardware so it's cheap” (2012) I think the implication was that there is less testing needed from the software side. That said, I suspect it is also a bit misleading. If you are relying on functionality of the hardware for esoteric things, you test them heavily.