(FILES) This photo taken on December 25, 2024 shows semiconductor chips under process at a factory in Binzhou, in eastern China's Shandong province. China's push to develop top-end artificial intelligence microchips is gaining momentum, but analysts say it will struggle to match the technical might of US powerhouse Nvidia within the current decade. (Photo by AFP) / China OUT / To go with AFP story China-US-technology-semiconductors-AI, FOCUS by Luna Lin and Rebecca Bailey with Katie Foster in Tokyo (Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images)