diff --git a/bin/lib/nim.js b/bin/lib/nim.js
index 4f2233e435..33f124de3e 100644
--- a/bin/lib/nim.js
+++ b/bin/lib/nim.js
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ function listModels() {
   }));
 }
 
+// Chip names that use unified memory (VRAM not separately queryable)
+const UNIFIED_MEMORY_CHIPS = Object.freeze(["GB10", "Thor", "Orin", "Xavier"]);
+
 function detectGpu() {
   // Try NVIDIA first — query VRAM
   try {
@@ -46,14 +49,14 @@ function detectGpu() {
     }
   } catch {}
 
-  // Fallback: DGX Spark (GB10) — VRAM not queryable due to unified memory architecture
+  // Fallback: unified memory GPUs (DGX Spark GB10, Jetson Thor/Orin/Xavier)
+  // VRAM is not separately queryable — use system RAM instead
   try {
     const nameOutput = runCapture(
       "nvidia-smi --query-gpu=name --format=csv,noheader,nounits",
       { ignoreError: true }
     );
-    if (nameOutput && nameOutput.includes("GB10")) {
-      // GB10 has 128GB unified memory shared with Grace CPU — use system RAM
+    if (nameOutput && UNIFIED_MEMORY_CHIPS.some((chip) => nameOutput.toLowerCase().includes(chip.toLowerCase()))) {
       let totalMemoryMB = 0;
       try {
         const memLine = runCapture("free -m | awk '/Mem:/ {print $2}'", { ignoreError: true });
@@ -65,7 +68,9 @@ function detectGpu() {
         totalMemoryMB,
         perGpuMB: totalMemoryMB,
         nimCapable: true,
-        spark: true,
+        spark: nameOutput.toLowerCase().includes("gb10"),
+        unifiedMemory: true,
+        name: nameOutput.split("\n")[0].trim(),
       };
     }
   } catch {}
@@ -204,4 +209,5 @@ module.exports = {
   waitForNimHealth,
   stopNimContainer,
   nimStatus,
+  UNIFIED_MEMORY_CHIPS,
 };
diff --git a/test/nim-jetson.test.js b/test/nim-jetson.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fc22e7a173
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/nim-jetson.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2026 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+const { describe, it } = require("node:test");
+const assert = require("node:assert/strict");
+
+const nim = require("../bin/lib/nim");
+
+describe("UNIFIED_MEMORY_CHIPS", () => {
+  it("is exported as an array", () => {
+    assert.ok(Array.isArray(nim.UNIFIED_MEMORY_CHIPS));
+  });
+
+  it("includes GB10 (DGX Spark)", () => {
+    assert.ok(nim.UNIFIED_MEMORY_CHIPS.includes("GB10"));
+  });
+
+  it("includes Thor (Jetson Thor)", () => {
+    assert.ok(nim.UNIFIED_MEMORY_CHIPS.includes("Thor"));
+  });
+
+  it("includes Orin (Jetson Orin / Orin Nano / Orin NX)", () => {
+    assert.ok(nim.UNIFIED_MEMORY_CHIPS.includes("Orin"));
+  });
+
+  it("includes Xavier (Jetson Xavier)", () => {
+    assert.ok(nim.UNIFIED_MEMORY_CHIPS.includes("Xavier"));
+  });
+
+  it("matches Jetson Thor chip names via substring", () => {
+    const names = ["NVIDIA Thor", "Thor (nvgpu)", "Jetson Thor"];
+    for (const name of names) {
+      const matched = nim.UNIFIED_MEMORY_CHIPS.some((chip) => name.includes(chip));
+      assert.ok(matched, `should match "${name}"`);
+    }
+  });
+
+  it("matches Jetson Orin variants via substring", () => {
+    const names = ["Orin (nvgpu)", "Orin Nano", "Orin NX", "Jetson Orin"];
+    for (const name of names) {
+      const matched = nim.UNIFIED_MEMORY_CHIPS.some((chip) => name.includes(chip));
+      assert.ok(matched, `should match "${name}"`);
+    }
+  });
+
+  it("matches DGX Spark GB10 via substring", () => {
+    const matched = nim.UNIFIED_MEMORY_CHIPS.some((chip) => "NVIDIA GB10".includes(chip));
+    assert.ok(matched);
+  });
+
+  it("does NOT match discrete GPUs", () => {
+    const discrete = [
+      "NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090",
+      "NVIDIA A100-SXM4-80GB",
+      "NVIDIA H100",
+      "Tesla V100-SXM2-16GB",
+    ];
+    for (const name of discrete) {
+      const matched = nim.UNIFIED_MEMORY_CHIPS.some((chip) => name.includes(chip));
+      assert.ok(!matched, `should NOT match "${name}"`);
+    }
+  });
+
+  it("spark flag is true only for GB10 (case-insensitive)", () => {
+    // Verify the logic: spark = nameOutput.toLowerCase().includes("gb10")
+    const testCases = [
+      { name: "NVIDIA GB10", expectedSpark: true },
+      { name: "NVIDIA gb10", expectedSpark: true },
+      { name: "NVIDIA Gb10", expectedSpark: true },
+      { name: "NVIDIA Thor", expectedSpark: false },
+      { name: "Orin (nvgpu)", expectedSpark: false },
+      { name: "Orin Nano", expectedSpark: false },
+      { name: "Xavier", expectedSpark: false },
+    ];
+    for (const { name, expectedSpark } of testCases) {
+      assert.equal(name.toLowerCase().includes("gb10"), expectedSpark, `spark for "${name}"`);
+    }
+  });
+
+  it("name extraction takes first line", () => {
+    const multiLine = "Orin (nvgpu)\nSomething else";
+    assert.equal(multiLine.split("\n")[0].trim(), "Orin (nvgpu)");
+  });
+});