# Sam Altman addresses RAM comments: people should ‘put as much as they want in their computers’

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/sam-altman-addresses-ram-comments-people-should-put-as-much-as-they-want-in-their-computers/
- Published: 2026-11-04T14:46:01+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-04T15:04:36+00:00
- Original publisher: The Verge
- Original article: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1026292/sam-altman-ram-shortage-pcs-comments
- Topics: AI, Business, Companies, Elections, Politics, Technology

## Key points

- Altman says people should be free to put as much RAM in their computers as they want.
- He says his earlier comments about home PC memory were taken out of context.
- AI data centre demand is worsening shortages, which could last for years.

## Summary

OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman clarified comments about people keeping computer memory at home, saying he wants people to put as much RAM in their computers as they like. His remarks follow criticism of an interview in which he called it “quite terrible” for people to have limited DRAM sitting in computers that is used only five per cent of the time.

Altman said the comments had been taken out of context and that he has long argued for increasing memory production. The dispute comes amid a RAM shortage as AI data centres buy up supplies, contributing to technology price rises and making memory harder for consumers to obtain. Intel expects the shortage to continue at least through next year, while SK Hynix has forecast it could last until 2030.

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