Sam Altman addresses RAM comments: people should ‘put as much as they want in their computers’
Sam Altman clarified his RAM comments, saying he wants people to put as much memory in their computers as they want.Summary
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman spent election night defending his position on PC RAM purchases after comments he made on the Cheeky Pint podcast, where he said it is “quite terrible” for people to hold a large share of the world’s limited DRAM supply in their computers while using it only five percent of the time. In response to criticism, Altman changed his name on X to “Ram Altman” and said he does want the world to have tons of memory and for people to put as much as they want in their computers, adding that his remarks were taken out of context and that he has long argued for ramping up memory production. He also replied to another comment saying, “i want you to have so much ram lets build more.” The episode comes amid a RAM shortage driven by AI data centers buying up supply, which has raised tech prices; Intel expects the shortage to last at least through next year and SK Hynix has predicted it could continue until 2030.
(Source：The Verge)