Altman says PC RAM use is quite terrible amid global DRAM crunch

Briefing by News4U · First published 2026-10-30 21:17:53 UTC

Today Sam Altman said in a podcast interview that keeping limited DRAM in personal computers used only five percent of the time is quite terrible from a global allocation perspective, arguing the memory should instead support maximum utilization in the cloud. [1] [2]

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1. Sam Altman says it’s better for RAM to be in a data center than on your desk

   The Verge · 2026-10-30 20:48:43 UTC · Full text

2. Toms Hardware: OpenAI CEO says it's 'quite terrible' for your PC to have RAM

   Toms Hardware · 2026-10-30 16:28:11 UTC · Excerpt

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