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Sam Altman calls PC RAM a poor use of scarce DRAM, meets Samsung on memory supply

Sam Altman said DRAM in consumer PCs is 'quite terrible' allocation of scarce memory, better used in AI data centers, then met Samsung executives to discuss memory chips and AI infrastructure.

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Timeline · 25 reports

  1. 2026-11-01 03:58 · r/machinelearningnews
    Sam Altman says our PC RAM is a "terrible allocation of global resources." His argument has zero basis, here’s what I built ARCaiL OE under.
  2. 2026-10-31 12:34 · Economic Times Tech
    OpenAI CEO Sam Altman meets Samsung executives to discuss memory chip supply, AI infrastructure
  3. 2026-10-31 12:04 · The Next Web
    Sam Altman: DRAM in home PCs is ‘quite terrible’, used 5% of the time
  4. 2026-10-31 12:03 · The Next Web
    Sam Altman meets Samsung’s presidents days after his DRAM remark
  5. 2026-10-31 11:30 · TechRadar AI
    'He can pry it from my cold, dead hands': Sam Altman says it's 'quite terrible' that you're using RAM in your PC when there's not enough for AI data centers
  6. 2026-10-31 06:40 · Bloomberg AI
    OpenAI’s Altman Meets Samsung Executives as Chip Crunch Deepens
  7. 2026-10-31 06:24 · DEV Community — AI
    Sam Altman Says the RAM in Your PC Is "Quite Terrible." For Client Work, He's Half Right
  8. 2026-10-31 06:10 · Techmeme
    When talking about local inference, Sam Altman says supply-constrained DRAM is better used in data centers than sitting in PCs and "being used 5% of the time"
  9. 2026-10-31 05:37 · r/OpenAI
    Sam Altman on RAM
  10. 2026-10-30 20:48 · The Verge AI
    Sam Altman says it’s better for RAM to be in a data center than on your desk
  11. 2026-10-30 19:59 · r/antiai
    Sam Altman and his bullshit
  12. 2026-10-30 19:47 · r/artificial
    OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says it's "quite terrible" for your PC to have RAM — Sam Altman says data centers offer better utilization
  13. 2026-10-30 19:26 · r/antiai
    Its quite terrible for Sam Altman to have RAM
  14. 2026-10-30 19:24 · r/LocalLLM
    OpenAI CEO says it's 'quite terrible' for your PC to have RAM — Sam Altman says data centers offer better utilization
  15. 2026-10-30 18:13 · r/OpenAI
    OpenAI CEO says it's 'quite terrible' for your PC to have RAM — Sam Altman says data centers offer better utilization
  16. 2026-10-30 16:28 · Tom's Hardware
    OpenAI CEO says it's 'quite terrible' for your PC to have RAM — Sam Altman says data centers offer better utilization
  17. 2026-10-30 16:28 · Tom's Hardware
    OpenAI CEO says it's 'quite terrible' for your PC to have RAM
  18. 2026-10-30 15:38 · r/singularity
    Sam Altman says the chip supply chain's invisible hand is failing — and DRAM is why
  19. 2026-10-30 15:11 · Data Center Dynamics
    The network wall: why switches aren’t scaling fast enough for AI data centers
  20. 2026-10-30 12:59 · r/OpenAI
    OpenAI is openly attempting to build self-replicating data centers. In 2019, Ilya described the endgame of this process.
  21. 2026-10-30 12:56 · r/agi
    OpenAI is openly attempting to build self-replicating data centers. In 2019, Ilya described the endgame of this process.
  22. 2026-10-30 12:14 · Tom's Guide AI
    Sam Altman says your laptop RAM is a 'terrible’ allocation of scarce resources: Why I think the AI bubble is about to prove him wrong
  23. 2026-10-29 23:11 · r/LocalLLaMA
    Sam Altman: “Local inference is a terrible allocation of scarce resources”
  24. 2026-10-29 17:05 · r/OpenAI
    Sam Altman says self replicating data centers built by AI-controlled robots is “within grasp”
  25. 2026-10-29 17:04 · r/artificial
    Sam Altman says self replicating data centers built by AI-controlled robots is “within grasp”

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