They are getting rather small[0] and not-crazy-power-hungry these days! And if we're being honest: is there really that much difference latency-wise between Et

They are getting rather small[0] and not-crazy-power-hungry these days! And if we're being honest: is there really that much difference latency-wise between Ethernet -> NIC -> USB -> CPU and Ethernet -> NIC -> PCIe -> CPU? [0]: https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/new-10-gbe-usb-adapters-cooler-smaller-cheaper/ https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/new-10-gbe-usb-adapte...