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OpenAI CEO says it's 'quite terrible' for your PC to have RAM — Sam Altman says data centers offer better utilization

Executive suggests memory hardware would deliver higher utilisation within centralised facilities.

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OpenAI CEO says it's 'quite terrible' for your PC to have RAM — Sam Altman says data centers offer better utilization

OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman has argued that allocating system memory to individual personal computers represents an inefficient use of resources compared to centralised AI facilities. Speaking during a podcast, Altman suggested that high-performance memory would deliver superior utilisation rates if deployed within data centres rather than consumer hardware.

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This summary was written by the GPU Data Hub desk from reporting published by Tom's Hardware on 30 Oct 2026, 16:28. Read the full article at the original publisher.

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