Oddly enough, the biggest features in the OpenGL 4.2 release are not hardware based.

Some of those extensions are hardware based, so earlier GL versions couldn't have implemented them to begin with.

There is no performance difference between a layer 3 and a layer 4 switch because the routing/switching is all hardware based.

With this hardware based dictionary attack prevention, the user can opt for shorter or weaker passwords which are more memorable.

And the technology will be hardware based, though it's still unclear if it will have a software component.

Both hardware and software based solutions bring the most common features of live conferencing as stated above.

Developer Matt Ownby is currently working on a hardware based solution for laser disc players.

"Open standart for One-Net wireless network and hardware based on it."

Newer technologies in hardware based security solves this problem offering fool proof security for data.

This allows users to virtually route cables connecting the devices in the rack like in a traditional hardware based studio.