15 September 2021 by Phillip Johnston • Last updated 29 October 2021If we consider that firmware (embedded software) is different from general software due to its dependency on hardware, we notice that embedded software actually ages more quickly than general software. The additional dependencies means that the embedded software must be updated every time the hardware changes. If it isn’t updated, it immediately becomes obsolete. We can also extend this definition beyond firmware’s dependency on hardware. Any software that is tightly coupled to underlying platform details or external dependencies will age more quickly than software that is otherwise decoupled from …
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