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turboquant-memory

Compress and accelerate vector search in memory/RAG systems using TurboQuant (ICLR 2026) — near-optimal vector quantization with 5-8x compression and 98%+ search accuracy. Uses blockwise Hadamard rotation + Lloyd-Max scalar quantization. Use when: (1) optimizing embedding storage size, (2) speeding up semantic search, (3) user mentions "compress embeddings", "quantize vectors", "memory optimization", "faster search", "TurboQuant", "vector compression", or "embedding compression", (4) reducing memory footprint of RAG systems. Works with any embedding model (Gemini, OpenAI, Cohere, local) and any dimension ≥ 128. No GPU required. numpy only.

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Compress and accelerate vector search in memory/RAG systems using TurboQuant (ICLR 2026) — near-optimal vector quantization with 5-8x compression and 98%+ search accuracy. Uses blockwise Hadamard rotation + Lloyd-Max scalar quantization. Use when: (1) optimizing embedding storage size, (2) speeding up semantic search, (3) user mentions "compress embeddings", "quantize vectors", "memory optimization", "faster search", "TurboQuant", "vector compression", or "embedding compression", (4) reducing memory footprint of RAG systems. Works with any embedding model (Gemini, OpenAI, Cohere, local) and any dimension ≥ 128. No GPU required. numpy only.
### Credential Fixture Review `python scripts/_secrets_inline.py` is review material for the `TurboQuant Memory` skill. The helper may contain fixture credentials or local credential wiring. Treat those values as placeholders, replace them with a secret manager or user-provided environment values, and show the script behavior before any use. Do not contact external services with embedded sample credentials. # TurboQuant Memory Compress embedding vectors 5-8x with 98%+ search accuracy using TurboQuant (Google, ICLR 2026). ## Quick Start ### 1. Run tests ```bash python3 scripts/turboquant.py ``` 15 built-in tests: FWHT correctness, MSE distortion, IP correlation, recall, compression ratio, determinism. ### 2. Validate on your data ```bash python3 scripts/validate.py --db /path/to/memory.sqlite --auto-detect --bits 5 ``` Auto-detects sqlite-vec `vec0` tables, analyzes distribution, reports quantization quality and recall. ### 3. Quantize a memory database ```bash python3 scripts/memory_quantize.py --db /path/to/memory.db --bits 5 --benchmark python3 scripts/memory_quantize.py --db /path/to/memory.db --bits 5 --migrate ``` ### 4. Integrate into code ```python from turboquant import TurboQuantMSE # Initialize (deterministic — same seed = same quantization) tq = TurboQuantMSE(dim=3072, bits=5) # Quantize for storage stored = tq.quantize(embedding_vector) # float32 → compressed # Reconstruct reconstructed = tq.dequantize(stored) # compressed → float32 # Search: query stays float32, database is quantized q_rot = tq.rotation.apply(query) for doc in database: score = doc['norm'] * doc['scale'] * np.dot(q_rot, tq.codebook[doc['indices']]) ``` ## Recommended Configuration | Preset | Mode | Bits | R@1 | Compression | Use Case | |--------|------|------|-----|-------------|----------| | **Default** | MSE | **5** | **98%** | **6.4x** | Most memory/RAG search | | Conservative | MSE | 6 | 98%+ | 5.3x | High-fidelity retrieval | | Aggressive | MSE | 4 | 92% | 8.0x | Large-scale, storage-constrained | ## Parameters | Parameter | Default | Description | |-----------|---------|-------------| | `dim` | auto-detect | Embedding dimension (768, 1536, 3072, etc.) | | `bits` | 5 | Bits per coordinate. See table above. | | `seed` | 42 | Rotation seed. Same seed = reproducible quantization. | ## Algorithm **Blockwise Hadamard Rotation → Lloyd-Max Scalar Quantization** 1. Split vector into power-of-2 blocks (e.g., 3072 = 3 × 1024) 2. Per block: random sign flip + Fast Walsh-Hadamard Transform (fully invertible) 3. Per-vector scale normalization 4. Lloyd-Max optimal scalar quantizer per coordinate (precomputed codebook for N(0,1)) 5. Pack indices into compact bit representation Key properties: - **Data-oblivious**: no training or calibration needed - **Fully invertible**: zero information loss from rotation - **Near-optimal**: within 2.7x of Shannon information-theoretic lower bound - **Deterministic**: same seed = same output See [references/algorithm.md](references/algorithm.md) for full details. ## Benchmark (Gemini embedding-001, 3072-dim, 112 vectors) | Bits | MSE | Cosine | R@1 | R@5 | R@10 | Bytes/vec | Compression | |------|-----|--------|-----|-----|------|-----------|-------------| | 3 | 1.1e-5 | 0.982 | 88% | 90% | 91% | 1,160 | 10.6x | | 4 | 3.2e-6 | 0.995 | 92% | 93% | 93% | 1,544 | 8.0x | | **5** | **8.2e-7** | **0.999** | **98%** | **96%** | **96%** | **1,928** | **6.4x** | | 6 | 2.2e-7 | 1.000 | 96% | 98% | 98% | 2,312 | 5.3x | | 7 | 8e-8 | 1.000 | 100% | 98% | 99% | 2,696 | 4.6x | | 8 | 3e-8 | 1.000 | 98% | 98% | 99% | 3,080 | 4.0x | ## Compatibility - Python 3.9+, **numpy only** (no scipy, no GPU) - Any embedding dimension ≥ 128 - Any embedding model (Gemini, OpenAI, Cohere, sentence-transformers, etc.) - SQLite / sqlite-vec `vec0` tables (auto-detected) ## References - TurboQuant paper: [arXiv:2504.19874](https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.19874) (ICLR 2026) - PolarQuant paper: [arXiv:2502.02617](https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.02617) (AISTATS 2026)
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