Perhaps not a true counterpoint, but there are systems like the GA144, an array of 144 Forth processors. I think you're missing the point, and I don't think OP

Perhaps not a true counterpoint, but there are systems like the GA144, an array of 144 Forth processors. I think you're missing the point, and I don't think OP is "being critical of companies making practical designs." Also, I think OP was imagining some kind of tree based topology, not connected graph since he said: > ...but it would take talking through up to 15 intermediaries to communicate between any two arbitrary cores.