Sam Altman says RAM in home PCs is terrible as memory crisis lifts prices

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said it is terrible for people to have RAM in their PCs rather than in data centers. The comments come amid an AI-driven memory shortage. The RTX 5080 reportedly vanished from Nvidia's store as prices neared $2,000, and Intel is shifting Panther Lake capacity to data center chips.

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