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New Compression Method Cuts Vector Database Storage by 70% Without Performance Loss

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Overview

  • Novel method for compressing vector IDs in approximate nearest neighbor search (ANN)
  • Introduces orderless compression techniques for vector databases
  • Reduces storage requirements while maintaining search accuracy
  • Achieves up to 70% compression without performance loss
  • Applicable to large-scale vector search systems

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The research tackles a growing problem in modern search systems that use vector databases. When you search for similar images or text, these systems store millions of vectors - mathematical representations of the content. Each vector needs an ID, which takes up significant stor...

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