Sam Altman says PCs wasting world's DRAM supply that should go to data centers
beffjezos · x · 2026-11-01
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman argued that having the world's limited DRAM supply sitting in people's own computers is "quite terrible" and should instead be reserved for data centers — a statement that drew mockery from the PC-building community. The reposted meme image jokes that only Altman objects to consensual PC building. The comment reflects how heavily AI data centers are squeezing the consumer memory supply chain amid rising RAM prices.
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