I wouldn't call M2 Ultra a low-end, but it certainly qualifies as regular desktop CPU, rather than a server or workstation CPU. Xeon, EPYC, Threadripper typical

I wouldn't call M2 Ultra a low-end, but it certainly qualifies as regular desktop CPU, rather than a server or workstation CPU. Xeon, EPYC, Threadripper typically has 128 lanes. 16+8 is Core/Ryzen configuration with x8 for chipset and x16 for GPU. It is really starting to look like either COVID and new Campus architecture had seriously crippled engineering capabilities of Apple, or if not all the capabilities are redirected into futuristic projects such as cars and Vision VR goggles. They could have made Pro a cluster supercomputer on a backplane just as a flexing and a nod to NeXT, but didn't. They just spread out Studio motherboard into existing Pro case. Sony would do more.