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No, AIBs are. 12V-2x6 will replace all other connectors for the simple fact that it's cheaper to use a single 2x6 connector versus multiple 8- and 6-pin connectors. It also significantly simplifies logistics and stock management because you only need 1 connector for all SKUs, versus a hodgepodge conglomeration of 8- and 6-pin. For the same reason as the latter, manufacture becomes cheaper because it's quicker and easier (in terms of pick and place machine programming) to install one connector versus multiple, so AIBs can make more GPUs in less time.
The bottleneck in manufacturing isn't that they have to place 1 additional power connector, it's almost always the amount of GPU chips they are allocated. The only exception to that might be during periods of component shortages but it's a lot easier to come up with additional connectors than it is GPU cores.
Your same argument could be used to justify Apple's removal of the headphone jack from their phones. It's ticks the cheaper, quicker, and easier points you made although given automation of assembly today of both GPU and phones adding a single additional component mounted on the PCB is nearly irrelevant time wise. It's not a strong argument. Quicker and easier are essentially the same thing in this instance as well given the automated assembly. Adding 2 power connectors vs 1 isn't "harder" for the pick and place machine, it just takes more time.
My relatively recent phone still has a headphone jack and that's proof that not every company thinks one less PCB mounted component is going to make a huge difference vs the benefit of having that component.
I think if AMD were to go with the new connector, standardization is a far stronger factor than any of the points you presented above. Easier for AIBs to just use the same power connector across all GPU products.
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