> “They move a certain amount of functionality that used to be in software into hardware,” says Xiaolin Lu, director of the internet of things (IOT) lab at Texa

> “They move a certain amount of functionality that used to be in software into hardware,” says Xiaolin Lu, director of the internet of things (IOT) lab at Texas Instruments. Hardware will always be king. It's the platform. Platforms should assume more responsibility, so that applications can assume less. It stands to reason that more applications would exist as we make it easier to build them. Furthermore, less people can fuck up implementations if they are embedded in physical metals and rocks. Take more power away from the human, because the human cannot be trusted.