I picked up a "for parts" Expression V2 and took it apart and this machine doesn't even look to be descended from the Expression V1. The truth is, without taking apart a maker or whatever the new ones are, I can't be sure - it could be that Cricut did a cutover to the new model, but this thing feels like a misstep.

The chip at the core of it is S5P2020X01 from Samsung, a system on a chip that drives the TFT display with its touch screen (which I'd still almost bet on being an XPT chip). It sports a winbond flash chip for the graphics (and probably just shovels them onto the screen) and a few others.

The board has the eight transistor setup that the CRV001, Expression, Create, and Cake use, but that's pretty much the end of the similaries.

The PCB says "Golden Shine GS-M-1," doesn't have any of the cricut silkscreen marks or the trademarks or any of that.

I'd almost bet this being a Chinese remake of the Expression, one-upping it, that Cricut bought and marketed. 

Time will tell, when I get my hands on a newer version.