All Software Is Hardware-Dependent

The article emphasizes that all software is dependent on hardware, debunking the idea of software being independent from hardware. The author shares personal experiences highlighting the importance of writing portable code and considering hardware aspects like data alignment and memory subsystems for optimal performance. Lessons learned from software development teams and the impact on bugs and performance are discussed. The article stresses the need for software to be more aware of the hardware it runs on, especially in terms of memory utilization and power consumption.