I didn't say that network packets take no processing, just that the processing path matters. Contrary to your intuition, this path is significantly shorter for network packets, and an Ethernet board (first produced in the 1980s) is a much simpler circuit than the latest GPUs.
Transocean cables aren't just Ethernet boards on both ends. There's extensive, extensive gear on either end as well as at the peering points between you and the destination. I'd wager that the same packet traverses tens of microprocessors between you and the destination, so your point is questionable.
Just adding a router can add up to 30ms to a hop, if it sucks.
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Uh, the packet still has to traverse the same loops of microprocessors. More loops, I would wager, than just sending some bits to a display.
I didn't say that network packets take no processing, just that the processing path matters. Contrary to your intuition, this path is significantly shorter for network packets, and an Ethernet board (first produced in the 1980s) is a much simpler circuit than the latest GPUs.
Transocean cables aren't just Ethernet boards on both ends. There's extensive, extensive gear on either end as well as at the peering points between you and the destination. I'd wager that the same packet traverses tens of microprocessors between you and the destination, so your point is questionable.
Just adding a router can add up to 30ms to a hop, if it sucks.