> You may also be underestimating the software complexity of such a layering violation. For userspace apps, I see no reason why libraries can't develop drop-in

> You may also be underestimating the software complexity of such a layering violation. For userspace apps, I see no reason why libraries can't develop drop-in replacement interfaces that offload work to the storage controller. And I'd imagine, much like GPUs, storage controllers would "beef up" and get more complex, power hungry and expensive, but the question is how much does this actually solve the storage bottleneck problem.