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title: "When talking about local inference, Sam Altman says supply-constrained DRAM is better used in data centers than sitting in PCs and \"being used 5% of the time\" (Andrew E. Freedman/Tom's Hardware)"
type: signal
url: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/when-talking-about-local-inference-sam-altman-says-supply-constrained-c51cbfff
published: 2026-10-31T06:10:48.000Z
byline: "Source: TECHMEME"
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# When talking about local inference, Sam Altman says supply-constrained DRAM is better used in data centers than sitting in PCs and "being used 5% of the time" (Andrew E. Freedman/Tom's Hardware)

Source: TECHMEME · Published 2026-10-31 · Canonical: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/when-talking-about-local-inference-sam-altman-says-supply-constrained-c51cbfff

Andrew E. Freedman / Tom's Hardware : When talking about local inference, Sam Altman says supply-constrained DRAM is better used in data centers than sitting in PCs and "being used 5% of the time" — With data centers full of RAM, your PC is apparently the problem. … OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has data centers full of memory …

In this story: [Sam Altman](https://frontiernewswire.com/people/sam-altman), [OpenAI](https://frontiernewswire.com/companies/openai)

## Sources

- [Read the original at TECHMEME](https://www.techmeme.com/261031/p5#a261031p5)

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