diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 12f2a91..17c7d13 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ option(ENABLE_CODE_ANALYSIS "Use Static Code Analysis on build" OFF)
 # NOTE requires adding DirectXTexEXR.h/.cpp source files (vcpkg does this automatically)
 option(ENABLE_OPENEXR_SUPPORT "Build with OpenEXR support" OFF)
 
-set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 14)
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_EXTENSIONS OFF)
 
@@ -74,8 +74,7 @@ if(BUILD_DX11)
        DirectXTex/BCDirectCompute.h
        DirectXTex/BCDirectCompute.cpp
        DirectXTex/DirectXTexCompressGPU.cpp
-       DirectXTex/DirectXTexD3D11.cpp
-       DirectXTex/Shaders/Compiled/BC6HEncode_EncodeBlockCS.inc)
+       DirectXTex/DirectXTexD3D11.cpp)
 endif()
 if(BUILD_DX12)
    set(LIBRARY_SOURCES ${LIBRARY_SOURCES}
@@ -92,9 +91,10 @@ if(ENABLE_OPENEXR_SUPPORT)
        DirectXTex/DirectXTexEXR.cpp)
 endif()
 
-add_library(${PROJECT_NAME} STATIC ${LIBRARY_SOURCES} ${LIBRARY_HEADERS})
-
 if(BUILD_DX11)
+    set(LIBRARY_SOURCES ${LIBRARY_SOURCES}
+        DirectXTex/Shaders/Compiled/BC6HEncode_EncodeBlockCS.inc)
+
    add_custom_command(
        OUTPUT "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/DirectXTex/Shaders/Compiled/BC6HEncode_EncodeBlockCS.inc"
        MAIN_DEPENDENCY "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/DirectXTex/Shaders/CompileShaders.cmd"
@@ -105,6 +105,8 @@ if(BUILD_DX11)
        USES_TERMINAL)
 endif()
 
+add_library(${PROJECT_NAME} STATIC ${LIBRARY_SOURCES} ${LIBRARY_HEADERS})
+
 source_group(${PROJECT_NAME} REGULAR_EXPRESSION DirectXTex/*.*)
 
 target_include_directories(${PROJECT_NAME} PUBLIC
@@ -160,8 +162,7 @@ install(EXPORT ${PROJECT_NAME}-targets
 install(FILES ${LIBRARY_HEADERS}
   DESTINATION include)
 
-install(
-  FILES
+install(FILES
     ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/cmake/${PACKAGE_NAME}-config.cmake
     ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/cmake/${PACKAGE_NAME}-config-version.cmake
   DESTINATION cmake/)
diff --git a/DirectXTex/DirectXTexCompressGPU.cpp b/DirectXTex/DirectXTexCompressGPU.cpp
index 8769f50..7610025 100644
--- a/DirectXTex/DirectXTexCompressGPU.cpp
+++ b/DirectXTex/DirectXTexCompressGPU.cpp
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ namespace
             return E_POINTER;
         }
 
-        ScopedAlignedArrayXMVECTOR scanline(static_cast<XMVECTOR*>(_aligned_malloc((sizeof(XMVECTOR) * srcImage.width), 16)));
+        auto scanline = make_AlignedArrayXMVECTOR(srcImage.width);
         if (!scanline)
         {
             image.Release();
diff --git a/DirectXTex/DirectXTexConvert.cpp b/DirectXTex/DirectXTexConvert.cpp
index b443cb8..fecb43d 100644
--- a/DirectXTex/DirectXTexConvert.cpp
+++ b/DirectXTex/DirectXTexConvert.cpp
@@ -2640,7 +2640,7 @@ HRESULT DirectX::_ConvertToR16G16B16A16(const Image& srcImage, ScratchImage& ima
     if (FAILED(hr))
         return hr;
 
-    ScopedAlignedArrayXMVECTOR scanline(static_cast<XMVECTOR*>(_aligned_malloc((sizeof(XMVECTOR) * srcImage.width), 16)));
+    auto scanline = make_AlignedArrayXMVECTOR(srcImage.width);
     if (!scanline)
     {
         image.Release();
@@ -2693,7 +2693,7 @@ HRESULT DirectX::_ConvertFromR16G16B16A16(const Image& srcImage, const Image& de
     if (srcImage.width != destImage.width || srcImage.height != destImage.height)
         return E_FAIL;
 
-    ScopedAlignedArrayXMVECTOR scanline(static_cast<XMVECTOR*>(_aligned_malloc((sizeof(XMVECTOR) * srcImage.width), 16)));
+    auto scanline = make_AlignedArrayXMVECTOR(srcImage.width);
     if (!scanline)
         return E_OUTOFMEMORY;
 
@@ -4597,7 +4597,7 @@ namespace
         if (filter & TEX_FILTER_DITHER_DIFFUSION)
         {
             // Error diffusion dithering (aka Floyd-Steinberg dithering)
-            ScopedAlignedArrayXMVECTOR scanline(static_cast<XMVECTOR*>(_aligned_malloc((sizeof(XMVECTOR)*(width * 2 + 2)), 16)));
+            auto scanline = make_AlignedArrayXMVECTOR(uint64_t(width) * 2 + 2);
             if (!scanline)
                 return E_OUTOFMEMORY;
 
@@ -4620,7 +4620,7 @@ namespace
         }
         else
         {
-            ScopedAlignedArrayXMVECTOR scanline(static_cast<XMVECTOR*>(_aligned_malloc((sizeof(XMVECTOR)*width), 16)));
+            auto scanline = make_AlignedArrayXMVECTOR(width);
             if (!scanline)
                 return E_OUTOFMEMORY;
 
diff --git a/DirectXTex/DirectXTexImage.cpp b/DirectXTex/DirectXTexImage.cpp
index 2ff9354..0e12940 100644
--- a/DirectXTex/DirectXTexImage.cpp
+++ b/DirectXTex/DirectXTexImage.cpp
@@ -786,7 +786,7 @@ bool ScratchImage::IsAlphaAllOpaque() const noexcept
     }
     else
     {
-        ScopedAlignedArrayXMVECTOR scanline(static_cast<XMVECTOR*>(_aligned_malloc((sizeof(XMVECTOR)*m_metadata.width), 16)));
+        auto scanline = make_AlignedArrayXMVECTOR(m_metadata.width);
         if (!scanline)
             return false;
 
diff --git a/DirectXTex/DirectXTexMipmaps.cpp b/DirectXTex/DirectXTexMipmaps.cpp
index c496ac4..b6fa404 100644
--- a/DirectXTex/DirectXTexMipmaps.cpp
+++ b/DirectXTex/DirectXTexMipmaps.cpp
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ namespace
         assert(srcImage.width == destImage.width);
         assert(srcImage.height == destImage.height);
 
-        ScopedAlignedArrayXMVECTOR scanline(reinterpret_cast<XMVECTOR*>(_aligned_malloc((sizeof(XMVECTOR)*srcImage.width), 16)));
+        auto scanline = make_AlignedArrayXMVECTOR(srcImage.width);
         if (!scanline)
         {
             return E_OUTOFMEMORY;
@@ -214,13 +214,13 @@ namespace
     {
         coverage = 0.0f;
 
-        ScopedAlignedArrayXMVECTOR row0(reinterpret_cast<XMVECTOR*>(_aligned_malloc((sizeof(XMVECTOR)*srcImage.width), 16)));
+        auto row0 = make_AlignedArrayXMVECTOR(srcImage.width);
         if (!row0)
         {
             return E_OUTOFMEMORY;
         }
 
-        ScopedAlignedArrayXMVECTOR row1(reinterpret_cast<XMVECTOR*>(_aligned_malloc((sizeof(XMVECTOR)*srcImage.width), 16)));
+        auto row1 = make_AlignedArrayXMVECTOR(srcImage.width);
         if (!row1)
         {
             return E_OUTOFMEMORY;
@@ -896,7 +896,7 @@ namespace
         size_t height = mipChain.GetMetadata().height;
 
         // Allocate temporary space (2 scanlines)
-        ScopedAlignedArrayXMVECTOR scanline(static_cast<XMVECTOR*>(_aligned_malloc((sizeof(XMVECTOR)*width * 2), 16)));
+        auto scanline = make_AlignedArrayXMVECTOR(uint64_t(width) * 2);
         if (!scanline)
             return E_OUTOFMEMORY;
 
@@ -983,7 +983,7 @@ namespace
             return E_FAIL;
 
         // Allocate temporary space (3 scanlines)
-        ScopedAlignedArrayXMVECTOR scanline(static_cast<XMVECTOR*>(_aligned_malloc((sizeof(XMVECTOR)*width * 3), 16)));
+        auto scanline = make_AlignedArrayXMVECTOR(uint64_t(width) * 3);
         if (!scanline)
             return E_OUTOFMEMORY;
 
@@ -1074,7 +1074,7 @@ namespace
         size_t height = mipChain.GetMetadata().height;
 
         // Allocate temporary space (3 scanlines, plus X and Y filters)
-        ScopedAlignedArrayXMVECTOR scanline(static_cast<XMVECTOR*>(_aligned_malloc((sizeof(XMVECTOR)*width * 3), 16)));
+        auto scanline = make_AlignedArrayXMVECTOR(uint64_t(width) * 3);
         if (!scanline)
             return E_OUTOFMEMORY;
 
@@ -1185,7 +1185,7 @@ namespace
         size_t height = mipChain.GetMetadata().height;
 
         // Allocate temporary space (5 scanlines, plus X and Y filters)
-        ScopedAlignedArrayXMVECTOR scanline(static_cast<XMVECTOR*>(_aligned_malloc((sizeof(XMVECTOR)*width * 5), 16)));
+        auto scanline = make_AlignedArrayXMVECTOR(uint64_t(width) * 5);
         if (!scanline)
             return E_OUTOFMEMORY;
 
@@ -1373,7 +1373,7 @@ namespace
         size_t height = mipChain.GetMetadata().height;
 
         // Allocate initial temporary space (1 scanline, accumulation rows, plus X and Y filters)
-        ScopedAlignedArrayXMVECTOR scanline(static_cast<XMVECTOR*>(_aligned_malloc(sizeof(XMVECTOR) * width, 16)));
+        auto scanline = make_AlignedArrayXMVECTOR(width);
         if (!scanline)
             return E_OUTOFMEMORY;
 
@@ -1462,9 +1462,10 @@ namespace
                         }
                         else
                         {
-                            rowAcc->scanline.reset(static_cast<XMVECTOR*>(_aligned_malloc(sizeof(XMVECTOR) * nwidth, 16)));
-                            if (!rowAcc->scanline)
+                            auto nscanline = make_AlignedArrayXMVECTOR(nwidth);
+                            if (!nscanline)
                                 return E_OUTOFMEMORY;
+                            rowAcc->scanline.swap(nscanline);
                         }
 
                         memset(rowAcc->scanline.get(), 0, sizeof(XMVECTOR) * nwidth);
@@ -1641,7 +1642,7 @@ namespace
         size_t height = mipChain.GetMetadata().height;
 
         // Allocate temporary space (2 scanlines)
-        ScopedAlignedArrayXMVECTOR scanline(static_cast<XMVECTOR*>(_aligned_malloc((sizeof(XMVECTOR)*width * 2), 16)));
+        auto scanline = make_AlignedArrayXMVECTOR(uint64_t(width) * 2);
         if (!scanline)
             return E_OUTOFMEMORY;
 
@@ -1790,7 +1791,7 @@ namespace
             return E_FAIL;
 
         // Allocate temporary space (5 scanlines)
-        ScopedAlignedArrayXMVECTOR scanline(static_cast<XMVECTOR*>(_aligned_malloc((sizeof(XMVECTOR)*width * 5), 16)));
+        auto scanline = make_AlignedArrayXMVECTOR(uint64_t(width) * 5);
         if (!scanline)
             return E_OUTOFMEMORY;
 
@@ -1959,7 +1960,7 @@ namespace
         size_t height = mipChain.GetMetadata().height;
 
         // Allocate temporary space (5 scanlines, plus X/Y/Z filters)
-        ScopedAlignedArrayXMVECTOR scanline(static_cast<XMVECTOR*>(_aligned_malloc((sizeof(XMVECTOR)*width * 5), 16)));
+        auto scanline = make_AlignedArrayXMVECTOR(uint64_t(width) * 5);
         if (!scanline)
             return E_OUTOFMEMORY;
 
@@ -2152,7 +2153,7 @@ namespace
         size_t height = mipChain.GetMetadata().height;
 
         // Allocate temporary space (17 scanlines, plus X/Y/Z filters)
-        ScopedAlignedArrayXMVECTOR scanline(static_cast<XMVECTOR*>(_aligned_malloc((sizeof(XMVECTOR)*width * 17), 16)));
+        auto scanline = make_AlignedArrayXMVECTOR(uint64_t(width) * 17);
         if (!scanline)
             return E_OUTOFMEMORY;
 
@@ -2533,7 +2534,7 @@ namespace
         size_t height = mipChain.GetMetadata().height;
 
         // Allocate initial temporary space (1 scanline, accumulation rows, plus X/Y/Z filters)
-        ScopedAlignedArrayXMVECTOR scanline(static_cast<XMVECTOR*>(_aligned_malloc(sizeof(XMVECTOR) * width, 16)));
+        auto scanline = make_AlignedArrayXMVECTOR(width);
         if (!scanline)
             return E_OUTOFMEMORY;
 
@@ -2616,10 +2617,10 @@ namespace
                         }
                         else
                         {
-                            size_t bytes = sizeof(XMVECTOR) * nwidth * nheight;
-                            sliceAcc->scanline.reset(static_cast<XMVECTOR*>(_aligned_malloc(bytes, 16)));
-                            if (!sliceAcc->scanline)
+                            auto nscanline = make_AlignedArrayXMVECTOR(uint64_t(nwidth) * uint64_t(nheight));
+                            if (!nscanline)
                                 return E_OUTOFMEMORY;
+                            sliceAcc->scanline.swap(nscanline);
                         }
 
                         memset(sliceAcc->scanline.get(), 0, sizeof(XMVECTOR) * nwidth * nheight);
diff --git a/DirectXTex/DirectXTexMisc.cpp b/DirectXTex/DirectXTexMisc.cpp
index 20056ab..b779570 100644
--- a/DirectXTex/DirectXTexMisc.cpp
+++ b/DirectXTex/DirectXTexMisc.cpp
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ namespace
 
         const size_t width = image1.width;
 
-        ScopedAlignedArrayXMVECTOR scanline(static_cast<XMVECTOR*>(_aligned_malloc((sizeof(XMVECTOR)*width) * 2, 16)));
+        auto scanline = make_AlignedArrayXMVECTOR(uint64_t(width) * 2);
         if (!scanline)
             return E_OUTOFMEMORY;
 
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ namespace
 
         const size_t width = image.width;
 
-        ScopedAlignedArrayXMVECTOR scanline(static_cast<XMVECTOR*>(_aligned_malloc((sizeof(XMVECTOR)*width), 16)));
+        auto scanline = make_AlignedArrayXMVECTOR(width);
         if (!scanline)
             return E_OUTOFMEMORY;
 
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ namespace
 
         const size_t width = srcImage.width;
 
-        ScopedAlignedArrayXMVECTOR scanlines(static_cast<XMVECTOR*>(_aligned_malloc((sizeof(XMVECTOR)*width*2), 16)));
+        auto scanlines = make_AlignedArrayXMVECTOR(uint64_t(width) * 2);
         if (!scanlines)
             return E_OUTOFMEMORY;
 
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ HRESULT DirectX::CopyRectangle(
 
     uint8_t* pDest = dstImage.pixels + (yOffset * dstImage.rowPitch) + (xOffset * dbpp);
 
-    ScopedAlignedArrayXMVECTOR scanline(static_cast<XMVECTOR*>(_aligned_malloc((sizeof(XMVECTOR)*srcRect.w), 16)));
+    auto scanline = make_AlignedArrayXMVECTOR(srcRect.w);
     if (!scanline)
         return E_OUTOFMEMORY;
 
diff --git a/DirectXTex/DirectXTexNormalMaps.cpp b/DirectXTex/DirectXTexNormalMaps.cpp
index 763f0cd..f5375e8 100644
--- a/DirectXTex/DirectXTexNormalMaps.cpp
+++ b/DirectXTex/DirectXTexNormalMaps.cpp
@@ -92,11 +92,11 @@ namespace
             return E_FAIL;
 
         // Allocate temporary space (4 scanlines and 3 evaluated rows)
-        ScopedAlignedArrayXMVECTOR scanline(static_cast<XMVECTOR*>(_aligned_malloc((sizeof(XMVECTOR)*width * 4), 16)));
+        auto scanline = make_AlignedArrayXMVECTOR(uint64_t(width) * 4);
         if (!scanline)
             return E_OUTOFMEMORY;
 
-        ScopedAlignedArrayFloat buffer(static_cast<float*>(_aligned_malloc(((sizeof(float) * (width + 2)) * 3), 16)));
+        auto buffer = make_AlignedArrayFloat((uint64_t(width) + 2) * 3);
         if (!buffer)
             return E_OUTOFMEMORY;
 
diff --git a/DirectXTex/DirectXTexPMAlpha.cpp b/DirectXTex/DirectXTexPMAlpha.cpp
index 5674df0..139a4e7 100644
--- a/DirectXTex/DirectXTexPMAlpha.cpp
+++ b/DirectXTex/DirectXTexPMAlpha.cpp
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ namespace
         assert(srcImage.width == destImage.width);
         assert(srcImage.height == destImage.height);
 
-        ScopedAlignedArrayXMVECTOR scanline(static_cast<XMVECTOR*>(_aligned_malloc((sizeof(XMVECTOR)*srcImage.width), 16)));
+        auto scanline = make_AlignedArrayXMVECTOR(srcImage.width);
         if (!scanline)
             return E_OUTOFMEMORY;
 
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ namespace
         static_assert(static_cast<int>(TEX_PMALPHA_SRGB) == static_cast<int>(TEX_FILTER_SRGB), "TEX_PMALHPA_SRGB* should match TEX_FILTER_SRGB*");
         flags &= TEX_PMALPHA_SRGB;
 
-        ScopedAlignedArrayXMVECTOR scanline(static_cast<XMVECTOR*>(_aligned_malloc((sizeof(XMVECTOR)*srcImage.width), 16)));
+        auto scanline = make_AlignedArrayXMVECTOR(srcImage.width);
         if (!scanline)
             return E_OUTOFMEMORY;
 
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ namespace
         assert(srcImage.width == destImage.width);
         assert(srcImage.height == destImage.height);
 
-        ScopedAlignedArrayXMVECTOR scanline(static_cast<XMVECTOR*>(_aligned_malloc((sizeof(XMVECTOR)*srcImage.width), 16)));
+        auto scanline = make_AlignedArrayXMVECTOR(srcImage.width);
         if (!scanline)
             return E_OUTOFMEMORY;
 
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ namespace
         static_assert(static_cast<int>(TEX_PMALPHA_SRGB) == static_cast<int>(TEX_FILTER_SRGB), "TEX_PMALPHA_SRGB* should match TEX_FILTER_SRGB*");
         flags &= TEX_PMALPHA_SRGB;
 
-        ScopedAlignedArrayXMVECTOR scanline(static_cast<XMVECTOR*>(_aligned_malloc((sizeof(XMVECTOR)*srcImage.width), 16)));
+        auto scanline = make_AlignedArrayXMVECTOR(srcImage.width);
         if (!scanline)
             return E_OUTOFMEMORY;
 
diff --git a/DirectXTex/DirectXTexResize.cpp b/DirectXTex/DirectXTexResize.cpp
index 5e845e7..71635b8 100644
--- a/DirectXTex/DirectXTexResize.cpp
+++ b/DirectXTex/DirectXTexResize.cpp
@@ -251,8 +251,7 @@ namespace
         assert(srcImage.format == destImage.format);
 
         // Allocate temporary space (2 scanlines)
-        ScopedAlignedArrayXMVECTOR scanline(static_cast<XMVECTOR*>(_aligned_malloc(
-            (sizeof(XMVECTOR) * (srcImage.width + destImage.width)), 16)));
+        auto scanline = make_AlignedArrayXMVECTOR(srcImage.width + destImage.width);
         if (!scanline)
             return E_OUTOFMEMORY;
 
@@ -312,8 +311,7 @@ namespace
             return E_FAIL;
 
         // Allocate temporary space (3 scanlines)
-        ScopedAlignedArrayXMVECTOR scanline(static_cast<XMVECTOR*>(_aligned_malloc(
-            (sizeof(XMVECTOR) * (srcImage.width * 2 + destImage.width)), 16)));
+        auto scanline = make_AlignedArrayXMVECTOR(uint64_t(srcImage.width) * 2 + destImage.width);
         if (!scanline)
             return E_OUTOFMEMORY;
 
@@ -371,8 +369,7 @@ namespace
         assert(srcImage.format == destImage.format);
 
         // Allocate temporary space (3 scanlines, plus X and Y filters)
-        ScopedAlignedArrayXMVECTOR scanline(static_cast<XMVECTOR*>(_aligned_malloc(
-            (sizeof(XMVECTOR) * (srcImage.width * 2 + destImage.width)), 16)));
+        auto scanline = make_AlignedArrayXMVECTOR(uint64_t(srcImage.width) * 2 + destImage.width);
         if (!scanline)
             return E_OUTOFMEMORY;
 
@@ -457,8 +454,7 @@ namespace
         assert(srcImage.format == destImage.format);
 
         // Allocate temporary space (5 scanlines, plus X and Y filters)
-        ScopedAlignedArrayXMVECTOR scanline(static_cast<XMVECTOR*>(_aligned_malloc(
-            (sizeof(XMVECTOR) * (srcImage.width * 4 + destImage.width)), 16)));
+        auto scanline = make_AlignedArrayXMVECTOR(uint64_t(srcImage.width) * 4 + destImage.width);
         if (!scanline)
             return E_OUTOFMEMORY;
 
@@ -619,7 +615,7 @@ namespace
         using namespace TriangleFilter;
 
         // Allocate initial temporary space (1 scanline, accumulation rows, plus X and Y filters)
-        ScopedAlignedArrayXMVECTOR scanline(static_cast<XMVECTOR*>(_aligned_malloc(sizeof(XMVECTOR) * srcImage.width, 16)));
+        auto scanline = make_AlignedArrayXMVECTOR(srcImage.width);
         if (!scanline)
             return E_OUTOFMEMORY;
 
@@ -688,9 +684,10 @@ namespace
                     }
                     else
                     {
-                        rowAcc->scanline.reset(static_cast<XMVECTOR*>(_aligned_malloc(sizeof(XMVECTOR) * destImage.width, 16)));
-                        if (!rowAcc->scanline)
+                        auto nscanline = make_AlignedArrayXMVECTOR(destImage.width);
+                        if (!nscanline)
                             return E_OUTOFMEMORY;
+                        rowAcc->scanline.swap(nscanline);
                     }
 
                     memset(rowAcc->scanline.get(), 0, sizeof(XMVECTOR) * destImage.width);
diff --git a/DirectXTex/scoped.h b/DirectXTex/scoped.h
index 5b5cfcf..977c627 100644
--- a/DirectXTex/scoped.h
+++ b/DirectXTex/scoped.h
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include <cassert>
+#include <cstddef>
+#include <cstdint>
 #include <memory>
 
 #include <malloc.h>
@@ -19,8 +21,26 @@ struct aligned_deleter { void operator()(void* p) noexcept { _aligned_free(p); }
 
 using ScopedAlignedArrayFloat = std::unique_ptr<float[], aligned_deleter>;
 
+inline ScopedAlignedArrayFloat make_AlignedArrayFloat(uint64_t count)
+{
+    uint64_t size = sizeof(float) * count;
+    if (size > static_cast<uint64_t>(UINT32_MAX))
+        return nullptr;
+    auto ptr = _aligned_malloc(static_cast<size_t>(size), 16);
+    return ScopedAlignedArrayFloat(static_cast<float*>(ptr));
+}
+
 using ScopedAlignedArrayXMVECTOR = std::unique_ptr<DirectX::XMVECTOR[], aligned_deleter>;
 
+inline ScopedAlignedArrayXMVECTOR make_AlignedArrayXMVECTOR(uint64_t count)
+{
+    uint64_t size = sizeof(DirectX::XMVECTOR) * count;
+    if (size > static_cast<uint64_t>(UINT32_MAX))
+        return nullptr;
+    auto ptr = _aligned_malloc(static_cast<size_t>(size), 16);
+    return ScopedAlignedArrayXMVECTOR(static_cast<DirectX::XMVECTOR*>(ptr));
+}
+
 //---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 struct handle_closer { void operator()(HANDLE h) noexcept { assert(h != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE); if (h) CloseHandle(h); } };