It's also important to note that in modern hardware the processor core proper is just one piece in a very large system. Hardware designers are adding a lot of

It's also important to note that in modern hardware the processor core proper is just one piece in a very large system. Hardware designers are adding a lot of speciality hardware, they're just not putting it into the core, which also makes a lot of sense. https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Architectural-specialization-and-extreme-heterogeneity-are-anticipated-to-be-the_fig3_338699741 https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Architectural-specializa...