I think the comment wasn't about production speed, but speed of the product in terms of performance

The way it's written in English it has to refer to production speed. The context is also about economics.

"Make thing as fast as" = "make" is fast. Versus "Make thing that is as fast as" = now the thing is fast. Or use a word like performant which is less ambiguous and would obviously refer to the chips.

Can rephrase slightly and it's even more obvious: "I make chips faster than you". Or, "I make chips that are faster than yours".