'The people deserve to have their RAM too!' Elon Musk mocks OpenAI Sam Altman's claim that people owning home PCs with RAM is 'terrible'

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Tue, 03 Nov 2026 12:47:29 +0000

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Altman's claim that RAM only belongs in data centers attracts the ire of Elon Musk.

FULL STORY ======================================================================Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Threads Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter Elon Musk mocks Sam Altman's recent claim that people shouldn't own RAM "The people deserve to have their RAM too!" Musk's meme on X says Altman has been keen to secure more memory
for OpenAI recently Elon Musk has mocked OpenAI CEO Sam Altman following the latter's declaration that owning a PC with RAM is 'quite terrible' , as the components should be powering the next generation of AI data centers.

In his typically irreverent manner, Musk shared a meme on X , the social network he owns, showing a version of a scene from Inglorious Basterds with a German WWII officer played by Christoph Waltz apparently hunting for people hiding sticks of DRAM. "The people deserve to have their RAM too!" Musk's
meme declares. Latest Videos From TechRadar Watch full video here: Stopped clock Altman made his claim during an appearance on the YouTube channel
Cheeky Pint, with his beliefs causing widespread condemnation and confusion across the industry.

"From a global allocation perspective, actually, it's quite terrible to have everybody have a bunch of the world's limited supply of DRAM sitting in their own computer and being used 5% of the time," Altman said. You may like Sam Altman says it's 'quite terrible' that you're using RAM in your PC Why the AI boom could keep memory prices high until 2030 OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is
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"You want maximum utilization in the cloud if you're trying to deal with this very supply-constrained environment. And somehow many people's intuition is the opposite of that." Altman's comments come as consumers face rising prices for any kind of computing hardware as the demand for RAM and other components gets passed down. Are you a pro? Subscribe to our newsletter Sign up to the TechRadar Pro newsletter to get all the top news, opinion, features and guidance your business needs to succeed! Contact me with news and offers from other Future brands Receive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners
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In recent months, we've seen the likes of Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan warning of continued shortages and price rises , noting, "AI hardware will stay in short supply for the next 2 to 3 years", a trend he said was "driven by persistent constraints in the underlying tech supply chain."

Dell CEO Michael Dell has also voiced his belief that the memory shortage will get worse through 2027, and that these RAM woes are going to be
prolonged for quite some time.

Top DRAM manufacturers Samsung and SK hynix have also warned that AI-driven memory shortages will last until 2027 and beyond , with their supplies
rumored to be down to fewer than 10 days of memory inventory.

Interestingly, Altman reportedly recently met with about 50 senior Samsung executives in South Korea, as he looked to secure more hardware for OpenAI to expand its AI capacity.

But no matter what happens, one thing that (probably) won't happen is Altman breaking into your house to steal your PC's RAM ...probably. Follow TechRadar on Google News and add us as a preferred source to get our expert news, reviews, and opinion in your feeds.



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