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While I do agree that hardware engineering generally employs more verification and validation, look at the errata sheets for modern processors. They have a lot

While I do agree that hardware engineering generally employs more verification and validation, look at the errata sheets for modern processors. They have a lot of bugs as well--most of which are patched in microcode (software) or handled by operating system kernels (also software).

Anarch157a 7y ago
> most of which are patched in microcode Because most of it is software anyway. Unless the CPU is something ridiculously simple, like an 8-bit microcontroler, a lot of the instructions are executed by microcode stored in ROM on the CPU. What those patches do is load a replacement software in RAM at boot time.