Yes. There are 100s of sub units that are complete processors on your motherboard. DSP, Ethernet controllers, Disk IO controllers, sound controllers, memory con

Yes. There are 100s of sub units that are complete processors on your motherboard. DSP, Ethernet controllers, Disk IO controllers, sound controllers, memory controllers.. and thats not counting the programmable controllers in every disk drive, sd card, reader, USB hub, peripheral, etc.