Hardware, or at least purely computational hardware, will never get the same accolades as the software that actually makes it do something.
Interface hardware, being is perceptible to the senses, gets credit over software.
E.g. when people experience a vivid, sharp high resolution display, they attribute all its good properties to the hardware, even if there is some software involved in improving the visuals, like making fonts look better and whatnot.
If a mouse works nicely, people attribute it to the hardware, not the drivers.
If you work in hardware, and crave the appreciation, make something that people look at, hear, or hold in their hands, not something that crunches away in a closet.
Interface hardware, being is perceptible to the senses, gets credit over software.
E.g. when people experience a vivid, sharp high resolution display, they attribute all its good properties to the hardware, even if there is some software involved in improving the visuals, like making fonts look better and whatnot.
If a mouse works nicely, people attribute it to the hardware, not the drivers.
If you work in hardware, and crave the appreciation, make something that people look at, hear, or hold in their hands, not something that crunches away in a closet.