I want a kilowatt output, 8-bit register only allows 255 watts. Help.
There are almost as many techno-ignorant lies swirling around Software Defined Radios as there are around 3D Printing.
To be clear, the IF chain is a great place for software. Trying to move the software closer to the antenna socket is a noble goal, just don't believe it.
If someone slides a $10 SDR stick across the table to refute the above, take your shoe off and smash it open and show him the hardware down converter tuner chip between the antenna socket and the A/D.
If someone claims that an SDR is obsolescence-proof, just punch them. Their hardware life is about five to ten years, much worse than old school radios that lasted 20. I know of one SDR that's on its sixth generation of hardware redesign, averaging about three years per.