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.
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.