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Microsoft says Windows 11 memory efficiency has improved, reducing memory overhead and latency by tuning WinUI 3 and optimizing memory use for devices with 8 GB RAM and above, with Chromium and WebView2 components involved; however, a TechPowerUp poll shows only a small share noticed improvements, while many users feel Windows 11 remains the same or worse.
Google Research's TurboQuant uses PolarQuant and Quantized Johnson-Lindenstrauss (QJL) to compress the LLM key-value cache, quantizing to as little as 3 bits with no retraining and delivering up to 6x memory reduction and up to 8x faster attention logits at 4-bit, with perfect downstream results in tests on Gemma and Mistral.
Microsoft plans to speed up Windows 11 in 2026 by reducing the OS’s baseline RAM usage, moving legacy apps to the WinUI3 framework to cut latency, and sharpening core features like File Explorer and search, while also improving drivers, Bluetooth, and wake behavior; changes will roll out through the Windows Insider program before broad release.