According to the Openchip announcement, BER10 paves the way for Openchip’s next generation of RISC-V compute accelerators, designed for high-performance computing (HPC) and datacentre-scale AI workloads.
‘When we started Openchip, the goal was never just to build a chip, but to prove that Europe can design and deliver world-class silicon on open standards, on its own terms,’ said Cesc Guim, the chief executive of Openchip. ‘BER10 is that proof, made real. It’s a foundation for the digital sovereignty Europe needs, built on a more open and resilient value chain that ultimately benefits the global technology industry.’
‘BER10 confirms that 2026 is the year of highly powerful RISC-V application processor silicon and that RISC-V has already moved beyond experimentation into high-performing industrial-grade, real-world aicomputing,’ said Andrea Gallo, CEO of RISC-V International. ‘Seeing a European team deliver Linux-capable silicon of this calibre reflects the momentum we’re witnessing across the ecosystem worldwide, and it’s exactly the kind of innovation an open standard is meant to enable.’
Previously, in June, it was announced that the Spanish Society for Technological Transformation (SETT), an entity attached to the Ministry for Digital Transformation and Public Administration, had approved a €115.77 million public investment in Openchip.
