Military systems officers might have extensive virtual training in how to deploy the racks of interface hardware built into their heads, but the hardware was internal.
It probably should not allow access to those things at all (though a good case could be made for "unlocking" access to the traditional UI when connected to traditional interface hardware).
Some people think Apple might investigate the possibility of producing interface hardware for cloud computing systems.
Emagic formerly offered a line of audio interface hardware, the Audiowerk PCI cards, as well as USB units.
"I've had Frank Tyron on me as well this morning, wanting to get a plug in about the new version of the interface hardware," Meechum went on.
The information made available to the called party may be displayed on a telephone's display, on a separately attached device, or be processed by an attached computer with appropriate interface hardware.
If Apple uses a commodity media SoC, then that SoC might have, say, a ton of USB interface hardware on it that the iPhone just doesn't need.
Modern DAWs are software running on computers with audio interface hardware.
Before FidoBBS could start spreading, it was seen that a uniform method of communicating with serial interface hardware was needed if the software was going to be used on other machines.
Usually all of the interface hardware needed to operate the laptop, such as USB ports (previously parallel and serial ports), graphics card, sound channel, etc., are built in to a single unit.