This is a very SWE-centric perspective. The very names of software/hardwsre would imply the exact opposite.
Has the last industrial hardware you've seen updated to use protected memory like most controllers have been able to for a few decades?
Or better, its drivers run in what Windows version?
Has the last industrial hardware you've seen updated to use protected memory like most controllers have been able to for a few decades?
Or better, its drivers run in what Windows version?