So they want to release a last-gen product to compete against a current-gen one?
I know current-gen can be more expensive (more modern node, or porting a design compared to a design they have already), but come on, you're already working on mainstream 7000 series products, so unless it will take more time then I don't see any point on re-releasing a last-gen product, especially with spending time and money releasing a new SKU.
I just want a new "modern" single-slot GPU (<75W TDP) with a modern video transcode capability (AV1 encode+decode). The only option I saw is the intel arc pro !!