Yes. It's where we've been going already since time immemorial. It's why graphics cards picked up 2d, then 3d acceleration, it's why network cards have varying

Yes. It's where we've been going already since time immemorial. It's why graphics cards picked up 2d, then 3d acceleration, it's why network cards have varying amounts of power to analyze and manipulate incoming and outgoing packets, etc. A lot of these things tend to be put into hardware after they've been proven useful, usually trickling down from the server world.