What a weird hit-piece filled with assertions that could never be reliably backed up by other than Samsung themselves conducting a massive internal investigation.
The data centre parts were fabbed on TSMC 7, the consumer on Samsung 8
The consumer parts hit their performance envelope but use about 30% more energy than the data center parts, for the same performance envelope.
"Clients and employees of SemiAnalysis may hold positions in companies referenced in this article."
So somebody seeks to benefit financially from selling the perception that Samsung is in trouble but feels an online disclaimer can shield them litigious Samsung lawyers.
This won't end well.
And if you think that the U.S. is not using every tool in the box to win markets, including bad-mouthing foreign competitors and lying to win customers over, then you're just lying to yourself. Have you been living offline for the last 20 years? The Internet is a battlefield and no-one plays more dirty than the U.S.
They lost Qualcomm, Nvidia, and Cisco for the next generation. Are you disputing this fact?
They did not fully ramp 1Z or 1 Alpha dram nodes. Are you disputing this fact?