[DanielHB]

> Good SW/FW can be performant on much less capable HW but it does mean that SW engineers need to understand more about the HW.

It also takes much more time and requires a different set of talents. Often just using a bigger chip is better than investing the R&D.

The best analogy I can make is trying to make your own custom rendering engine and then code the UI in it or just use a browser and writing JS. Even if you do make it, your own custom rendering engine will probably cut a lot of features like fancy animations.