OpenAI Billionaire: PCs Are 'Terrible' When Data Centers Need More Memory

Here's a fun fact: from now until 2029, OpenAI owns 40% of the world's supply of Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), which powers cell phones, video game consoles, and artificial intelligence. The ChatGPT maker is thus one of the key reasons you have to pay $650 for a PS5 now, and why no one can affordably build a new gaming PC. Somehow, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman thinks that percentage isn't enough. If you ask Altman, all of us — the peons, alongside his $852 billion company — have a shared interest.