Update: Uh, so this isn't the new 12-pin PCIe 5.0 power connector... I've just had an industry contact reach out to me, saying that the "5.0 connector is not a 12-pin. Your article is wrong.

This year, Nvidia is introducing a change, with a new 12-pin connector for Ampere ... connectors could be connected to create a single 6-pin PCIe back in the day, and two 6-pin cables can be ...

The GPUs included 8-to-12-pin adapters, and all was well. However, things have changed with the introduction of the RTX 4090. A new ATX 3.0 and PCIe 5.0 spec provides a single 12-pin cable (above ...