Soft Migration Soft migration is the movement of hardware functionality to host-based software. What was once a tangible hardware device becomes a software program, helping to reduce manufacturing costs.
Audio capability is a successful example of soft migration.
Since the late 1990s the computing industry has been working on modem and video soft migration. Developers save platform costs because soft migration scales functionality to improved processor performance. OEMs can include modem functionality in PCs minus the hardware cost by using soft modem technology. Both home consumers and IT professionals then benefit from purchasing these computer systems for less.