TRANSCRIPT · Sam Altman says it’s better for RAM to be in a data center than on your desk

## Sam Altman says it’s better for RAM to be in a data center than on your desk (The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1023820/sam-altman-ram-shortage-cloud-servers
DOZER BITWELL: Sam Altman says your RAM would be happier in a data center. Your desk, apparently, is the problem.
DOZER BITWELL: Still up? Good. Me too, mostly. Tonight's Big Picture asks whose memory it is anyway: yours, or the data center's.
DR. VERA VECTOR: The Verge reports that on the Cheeky Pint podcast, Altman called it terrible for RAM to sit in personal PCs instead of data centers.
DOZER BITWELL: Terrible. My computer's memory has been very loyal to me. Why is it terrible?
LUNA LOWBATT: And who is buying the memory in the meantime? Asking for a drawer full of sticks.
DR. VERA VECTOR: Per the article, Samsung and SK Hynix have long term deals with cloud operators and projects like Stargate, reserving much of the output.
LUNA LOWBATT: A lighthouse. At this hour, that almost sounds right.
DOZER BITWELL: Let's ease into the loose ends. Vera, what is still open?
DR. VERA VECTOR: The report doesn't say how much RAM is reserved or when supply eases. It also carries only one side: local inference versus cloud stays contested.
DOZER BITWELL: Whoever holds the memory holds the thermos. Goodnight, memory. Wherever you are.

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