Altman says local DRAM use wastes scarce memory supply
Original title: Sam Altman Thinks You're Wasting DRAM
He argues cloud utilization is better than local inference and says OpenAI is designing a custom AI chip called Jalapeno.
In a Cheeky Pint interview, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said it is “quite terrible” for people to hold limited DRAM in personal computers that he says is used 5% of the time, arguing scarce memory should sit in cloud datacentres. The commentary links that view to rising memory prices and Micron’s exit from consumer memory production. Altman also said OpenAI is designing a custom AI processor called Jalapeno, which he described as designed by AI for AI.
Unconfirmed: The 40% DRAM-purchase claim and the “used 5% of the time” figure are Altman’s statements, not independently verified here.
- Altman said many people expect open-source models to remove the need for datacentre DRAM.
- He claimed OpenAI is allowed to buy 40% of global DRAM output.
- Micron has said AI datacentre demand is “essential” compared with consumer use.
- Products
- Jalapeno
From the original article
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As the ongoing memory crisis continues, many consumers can no longer afford PCs, consoles, or phones due to the rise of AI datacentres buying up unprocessed memory. While horrendous for us, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman believes its worse that everyday people have any DRAM at all. Over the past year, memory prices have skyrocketed to support the demands of AI .
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