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by RachelF 295 days ago
Yes, this is the point - software should never be able to physically damage the hardware it is on.

If it can, then the hardware is to blame.
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mrheosuper 295 days ago
As a FW engineer, my software has released the magic smoke a lot.
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account42 295 days ago
That's why firmware is often considered a separate category from software even though technically it's the same thing. Software is code that expects the hardware to works as specified, firmware is what achieves that.
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