Overview
- Multiple outlets reported on Monday that an experimental Windows 11 build and internal NVIDIA documents include references to a feature called IntelligentCarveout and a SettingsHandlers_UnifiedMemory.dll file.
- The strings describe letting Windows reserve additional unified memory for graphics and AI workloads, meaning the reserved portion would be inaccessible to other apps and the OS.
- Reporting links the discovery to NVIDIA’s upcoming RTX Spark systems, which can offer up to 128GB of unified memory, and notes the control would likely apply across unified-memory platforms not limited to one vendor.
- Microsoft has not confirmed the feature and the items are in an internal build where wording and behavior can change or be dropped before any public release.
- The change would formalize a capability some drivers already offer, as seen with AMD reserving large chunks of unified pools, and could affect performance, multitasking, and how users configure devices for local AI work.