‘Terrible’ to have RAM sitting in PCs: Sam Altman’s controversial take amid global memory crisis

Published 01 Nov 2026, 16:17 IST

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‘Terrible’ to have RAM sitting in PCs: Sam Altman’s controversial take amid global memory crisis

— The Indian Express
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Altman questioned the efficiency of people keeping large amounts of DRAM in personal computers when that memory is being used only around 5% of the time. He argued that from a global resource-allocation perspective, memory could be used more efficiently in cloud data centres, where multiple users…

— The Economic Times

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The Indian Express Center-Left Indian Express Group Current article 01 Nov 2026, 16:17 IST

‘Terrible’ to have RAM sitting in PCs: Sam Altman’s controversial take amid global memory crisis

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The Economic Times Center-Right Bennett, Coleman & Co. 03 Nov 2026, 02:48 IST

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman questions why people keep so much RAM in their computers; but what happens when the internet goes down?

Altman questioned the efficiency of people keeping large amounts of DRAM in personal computers when that memory is being used only around 5% of the time. He argued that from a global resource-allocation perspective, memory could be used more efficiently in cloud data centres, where multiple users…

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