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I've said this when the original spec was released, it's a bad design and a bad spec. 600W of total power on tiny, fragile, endpoints is not a good idea.
NVIDIA enjoys apple like religious fervor from its users. Anyone with two neurons to rub together could see this connector was a bad idea... Nobody from the consortium has implemented it other than NVIDIA.
That's what annoys me.
I do like the idea of getting rid of the double 8 pin connector, but the new one could have had 30%< 50% more area, been way more secure, and STILL more compact than the old one