What if every component shipped with a clean JSON schema instead of a 4000-page PDF? Would HAL work still be “software,” or merely data flow? And can AI fit inside functional-safety development constraints without becoming a black box?

This talk revisits low-level development from first principles. We’ll show how data-stable hardware descriptions - uniform, machine-readable, and vendor-neutral - turn driver generation, verification, and even migration between MCUs or RTOSes into push-button tasks. The result is faster bring-up, fewer bugs, and supply-chain freedom, all while keeping deterministic guard-rails that satisfy safety standards.