>> With new hardware comes new expectations for hardware by software vendors.

That is grinding to a halt. Chips are making only modest performance gains with each new fabrication bode, and the time between nodes is stretching to 3 years. Not only that but it looks like GAA FETs at 1-2 nm (marketing name) is close to the end of the road.

Software is going to have to stop getting more bloated, and may have to become more efficient as people want to run it on smaller devices.