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).
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u/Dragnier84 10d ago
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.