Device controllers are generally becoming more complex in the functionality they provide (e.g. think about the difference between implementing a serial port with a flip-flop controlled by the CPU and a multi-gigabit network adapter with the TCP/IP stack on the card itself).

What effect might this have on the operating system and system performance?

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