To the best of my knowledge this is FALSE and confused.
The C930 is a core, not a chip.
"Shipping" a core means making the RTL/HDL available to customers for licensing, so that they, Alibaba's customers, can start to design chips using it -- and those chips would be available to people making PCs or servers in 2-3 years. And then to us to buy.
The C910 was similarly launched in July 2019, THead had a 3-core (1 with RVV, 2 without) test chip on a expensive $400 test board in late 2021, and the volume production TH1520 shipped on e.g. the Lichee Pi 4A in mid 2023 and Sophgo's SG2042 chip in the Milk-V Pioneer in January 2024.
Unless there is other information, that is the kind of schedule to expect for the C930. NOT servers available to buy next month. And not server chips either.
To the best of my knowledge this is FALSE and confused.
The C930 is a core, not a chip.
"Shipping" a core means making the RTL/HDL available to customers for licensing, so that they, Alibaba's customers, can start to design chips using it -- and those chips would be available to people making PCs or servers in 2-3 years. And then to us to buy.
The C910 was similarly launched in July 2019, THead had a 3-core (1 with RVV, 2 without) test chip on a expensive $400 test board in late 2021, and the volume production TH1520 shipped on e.g. the Lichee Pi 4A in mid 2023 and Sophgo's SG2042 chip in the Milk-V Pioneer in January 2024.
Unless there is other information, that is the kind of schedule to expect for the C930. NOT servers available to buy next month. And not server chips either.