The rumors from rumor sources are that the M1X or M2 was expected to be released at WWDC but delayed because of delays sourcing Mini LED panels. Obviously that'

The rumors from rumor sources are that the M1X or M2 was expected to be released at WWDC but delayed because of delays sourcing Mini LED panels. Obviously that's based on rumors, but it's a lot more plausible than the hypothesis that Apple, a company which has executed a very similar platform transition before while maintaining internal builds for their target platform, vastly overestimated their own capabilities.