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Rohan Paul· @rohanpaul_ai · X· 2026-10-27 05:56 · Original publication time AI score13

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A post argues that humanoid robots need memory in each unit and that one planned Tesla factory could consume as much memory annually as millions of top data-center GPUs. A separate estimate puts demand at about 0.43 EB even with annual production of 11 million humanoids, against its estimate of 48 EB of DRAM production in 2026. Both figures are projections.

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Rohan Paul@rohanpaul_ai

"Robot RAM needs will exceed everything else on Earth"

Humanoid robots buy memory per body, so one planned Tesla factory could absorb as much memory each year as millions of top data-center GPUs. https://t.co/LVNbQbW4Ax

QuoteElon Musk@elonmusk

@zephyr_z9 Silly analysis. Robot RAM needs will exceed everything else on Earth, as you need the robots to be on physical substates in order to shape atoms. Super intelligence needs will vastly exceed that, but ~100% of SI will be deep space compute. Obviously.

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Related contextZephyr@zephyr_z9

Interesting So they are assuming annual production of 550k humanoids and total DRAM demand of 21.5 PB Even if annual production was 20X (11M), total DRAM demand will be 430 PB or 0.43 EB DRAM production in 2026 will be around 48EB So, 21.5PB is around 0.04% of 2026 DRAM production

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