Openchip, the Barcelona-based semiconductor startup, has officially launched BER10, its first industrial-grade chip designed to handle real-world artificial intelligence workloads.
The product, which the company says took two and a half years to develop, marks a critical milestone for the firm as it prepares to close a €250 million funding round.
The launch positions Openchip as an emerging player in the European AI hardware sector, challenging the dominance of US-based giants in custom silicon design.
The introduction of BER10 comes at a time when demand for specialized AI accelerators is reshaping the global semiconductor landscape.
While major players like Nvidia and AMD continue to dominate the data center market, startups are finding niches in industrial and edge AI applications.
Openchip's focus on industrial-grade reliability suggests a strategy aimed at enterprise customers who require robust, low-latency processing for specific operational tasks, rather than general-purpose training clusters.