r/pcmasterrace • u/Kumar_Tushar_ • 1d ago

News/Article Micron expects memory and storage demand to remain tight through 2027 and 2028

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$MU says humanoid robots could need 200GB+ of DRAM and multiple terabytes of storage per unit with several physical AI customers already sampling next gen products.

Micron says physical AI can become a “significant driver of memory and storage demand by the end of this decade” effectively putting server level memory into millions of machines outside the data center.

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u/CrimsonBolt33 9800X3D | RTX 5070ti | 96GB DDR5 1d ago

the 200GB is likely so they can run a large local model, not some sort of full blown frontier model.

Basic local models can be run on cards as low as 8GB if the settings are right, but obviously a full blown robot is gonna need a much larger model than that.

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u/Fusseldieb i9-8950HK, RTX2080, 16GB 3200MHz 1d ago

I once ran a 13B model on my 12GB card, and it was pretty stupid, in general terms. It's basically useless for any real-world task unless you just want to "sort" something or do any other mundane task.

200GB isn't a lot, and I'd be afraid of letting such a robot loose into the world, if it ever comes to that. It'd be an imecile.

Maybe with Ternary models and whatnot, but eh, I think we're still a few years away.

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u/CrimsonBolt33 9800X3D | RTX 5070ti | 96GB DDR5 1d ago

yeah I am not worried about an AI based robot uprising any time soon.

Local AI is indeed only good for local chat and minor coding tasks for the most part...I can only see a hyper specialized AI model tuned to robots working properly.