I think I've seen a picture of a decapped M1 Max and it had this extra part on the side that never appeared in Apple renders. It was back then when this specula

I think I've seen a picture of a decapped M1 Max and it had this extra part on the side that never appeared in Apple renders. It was back then when this speculation of it having multiprocessor interconnect started. It was then also confirmed by Asahi Linux people from the software side of things. So no, they don't even bother to trim it off.