Digital is, essentially, sequential. A stream of symbols.
The need for speed of processor is due to this feature. The stream must be collected, arrayed, analyzed, to be presented. The digital world is not just smaller, it is also slower than the full blast analog world. Atoms are all at once.

the language of the potato chip:

thin, greased, flavored by salt. Nothing fresh, except the label.

after listening to a critic.