He says it's 'terrible' to have 'a bunch of the world's limited supply of DRAM' sitting in people's PCs.
By Mariella Moon Oct. 31, 2026 11:07 am EST Heather Diehl/Getty Images Add Engadget on Google: Google DiscoverAI data centers have gobbled up so much of the world's RAM supplies that prices of the memory units — and all electronic devices that have them — have skyrocketed as a result. So when OpenAI chief Sam Altman sat for an interview with YouTuber Cheeky Pint and Stripe, the conversation naturally turned to the RAM shortages affecting the whole tech industry. His opinion? He thinks it's "quite terrible" for people to have "a bunch of the world's limited supply of DRAM sitting in their own computer" and using it five percent of the time.
