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IT Home · Published on October 31, 2026 at 15:05

OpenAI's Sam Altman on Memory Shortage: Global DRAM Should Prioritize Data Centers; Idle in Player PCs Is Waste

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman discussed DRAM shortages in a podcast. He noted that personal computer memory usage is only about 5%, representing wasted resources. Instead, he argued that memory should be deployed first in high-utilization data centers to support AI computing needs. Industry analysts expect the shortage of storage chips to persist until 2028.

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