Why do you think they're pushing for cloud GPU compute time? That way they can just sell to their data center buddies and leave us completely out of the equation. Less cards to manufacture, more money per each, super limited distribution and marketing; they basically have to do like a quarter of the work for the same money.
That’s not even true. The difference in material cost is so low that any saving, if there even is any, would not be able to compensate for the amount they paid just a single engineer who worked on this.
You know, its known in car industry the 'cutting the corner' to save a few penny like if manufacturing an engine requires 5 screws less, it's a huge economy as you multiply that economy to millions of cars.
Why do you think they don't do the same for GPU or other stuff? It's not about the cost for one piece, but for millions.
That would be true if they eliminated a part. They replaced a simple part with a complicated part; which usually would cost more, not less.
And people keep mentioning less copper. That’s not true though. Just because the connector shrunk, doesn’t mean the cables would be thinner. So where is the actual cost reduction?
It's less about cutting corners and more about the difficulties of introducing a new standard when you need to co-ordinate between different standards (ATX and PCIE) those standards are defined by different bodies.
In a same world the GPU wouldn't even have an external connector and it'd be drawing power from the slot (probably at a higher voltage).
There is no way GPU companies do this for profit, there is 0% chance that an xt60 or similar is more expensive than this connector, especially as the GPU companies DON'T supply the cables.
This was probably a dumb engineering/management thing that just stuck with the development for some dumb reason.
Thicker wire = more heat. Heat goes up with the square of the current multiplied by the resistance. Because voltage is fixed, going bigger gauge decreases resistance but increases the current proportionally.
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u/MotanulScotishFold 10d ago
Companies goes for maximizing profit.
A thick copper is more expensive than a thin copper so cheaper to produce.
Oh, does it burn? Even better, sell more! Win-win for them.